Relationship form where each individual has only one partner during their lifetime or at any one time

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When I find a boyfriend can I ditch the condoms? / Terrence Higgins Trust, GMFA.

Tales of gay sex. 10, Condoms are forever / Terrence Higgins Trust.

Relationship struggles : a trauma-sensitive relationship diversity affirmative zine / by Meg-John Barker.

The history of human marriage / by Edward Westermarck.

Indian sex life : sexuality and the colonial origins of modern social thought / Durba Mitra.

Mating in captivity : sex, lies and domestic bliss / Esther Perel.

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Monogamous relationships

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Relationship struggles : a trauma-sensitive relationship diversity affirmative zine / by Meg-John Barker.

The history of human marriage / by Edward Westermarck.

Indian sex life : sexuality and the colonial origins of modern social thought / Durba Mitra.

Mating in captivity : sex, lies and domestic bliss / Esther Perel.

Tales of gay sex. 10, Condoms are forever / Terrence Higgins Trust.