Challenges to the Pair Bond: Does male promiscuity affect pair bonding?

In fact we could go the opposite direction with an interpretation of this research: promiscuity does not have an effect on a woman's ability to pair bond, given that the montane vole does not respond to vasopressin and oxytocin.

Pair bonding is a behavioral and physiological bond between two mated individuals, and is rare among non-human primates. Humans also engage in social pair bonding, where two individuals will form a close relationship that does not involve sex.

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