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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.

Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
Anthropologist
Cultural Anthropologist
Curator
Film Director
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Humans
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Love
Sexuality
Complexes
Complex
Relationships
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Monogamous
Difficult
Monogamy
Human
Heterosexual

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