The fact is that monogamy had nothing to do with love.

实际上妻制已经与爱情无关。

I'm not even monogamous with the people I'm monogamous with.

我跟我该妻的人 都不是妻制了。

Yet it is a one-sided monogamy they seek.

然而，他们寻求的是单方面的妻制。

And again this is surprising because they've evolved monogamy independently.

“这同样令人惊讶，因为它们独立进化出了妻制。

For millions of years we have formed partnerships, pair bonding, or monogamy.

百万年来，我们形成了伴侣关系，结合或妻制。

An unnatural arrangement which forces its participants into an unhealthy monogamy.

种强迫参与者遵守不健康的妻制的违背常理的协定。

Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet.

母亲，妻制，讲恋爱。喷泉喷得很高；喷泉撒着野，飘着水沫。

Monogamy in animals… and let's be honest, in humans too… is a funny thing.

妻制在——老实说在人类中也如此——是件有趣的事。

And we were able to find species that had independently evolved monogamy in each of these lineages.

“我们能在其中每个世系中找到独立进化出妻制的种。”

Things like monogamy, or faith and morality, or questions like, are we going to have kids?

比如妻制，或者是忠诚和道德，或者是些问题，比如说我们将来会要孩子吗？

So I would define monogamy as a formation of a lasting partnership or a social relationship between mates.

所以我将妻制定义为种持久的伴侣关系或配偶之间的社会关系。

Unlike most animals, it seems that they're relatively monogamous, returning to the same partner year after year.

不像大多数样，它们看起来更像是妻制，每年都会回到相同的伴侣那里。

Monogamy. What makes one species pair off, while members of a closely related species play the field?

妻制。是什么让个种配对，而其近亲种却脚踏多条船？

Well, y'know, monogamy can be a, uh, tricky concept. I mean, anthropologically speaking Fine. Now you'll never know.

恩，你知道，妻制值得商榷。就人类学的观点而言… 行… 这是你们的损失。

Cheating might also help explain the otherwise unexpected physical differences between males and females in apparently monogamous species.

后代与父母间的令人意外的外表差异我们早就对这种全无妻制的种间“妻”二者。

And few men -- even the nicest, finest, and most monogamously faithful and loving -- have such willpower.

而很少有男人，即便是最体贴，最优秀，最忠诚拥护妻制的人拥有这样的意志力。

And where does monogamy fit into that?

妻制在哪里适合呢？

Heterosexual monogamy is certainly not nature's status quo.

异性妻制当然不是自然的现状。

They are committed to each other, and they're nonmonogamous.

他们彼此忠诚，而且非妻制。

All right, so you're doing the nonmonogamy.

好吧，所以你实行的是非妻制。