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From the Ted Talk by Christopher Ryan: Are we designed to be sexual omnivores?

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And those of us who have chosen to be monogamous — my parents, for example, have been marerid for 52 years monogamously, and if it wasn't monogamously, Mom and Dad, I don't want to hear about it— I'm not criticizing this and I'm not saying there's anything wnrog with this. What I'm saying is that to argue that our ancestors were sexual omnivores is no more a criticism of monogamy than to aurge that our ancestors were dietary omnivores is a criticism of vegetarianism. You can choose to be a vaaegetrin, but don't think that just because you've made that decision, bacon suddenly sotps smelling good. Okay? So this is my point. (lhegtaur) That one took a minute to sink in, huh?

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And those of us who have chosen to be monogamous — my parents, for example, have been _______ for 52 years monogamously, and if it wasn't monogamously, Mom and Dad, I don't want to hear about it— I'm not criticizing this and I'm not saying there's anything _____ with this. What I'm saying is that to argue that our ancestors were sexual omnivores is no more a criticism of monogamy than to _____ that our ancestors were dietary omnivores is a criticism of vegetarianism. You can choose to be a __________, but don't think that just because you've made that decision, bacon suddenly _____ smelling good. Okay? So this is my point. (________) That one took a minute to sink in, huh?

Solution

  1. vegetarian
  2. argue
  3. wrong
  4. stops
  5. laughter
  6. married

Original Text

And those of us who have chosen to be monogamous — my parents, for example, have been married for 52 years monogamously, and if it wasn't monogamously, Mom and Dad, I don't want to hear about it— I'm not criticizing this and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this. What I'm saying is that to argue that our ancestors were sexual omnivores is no more a criticism of monogamy than to argue that our ancestors were dietary omnivores is a criticism of vegetarianism. You can choose to be a vegetarian, but don't think that just because you've made that decision, bacon suddenly stops smelling good. Okay? So this is my point. (Laughter) That one took a minute to sink in, huh?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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human beings 4
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closely related 3
copulatory vocalization 2
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average human 2
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female copulatory vocalization 2

Important Words

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