Sex at Dawn

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What If Loveless Marriage Were Illegal?

Loveless marriage made illegal in Minnesota.

Published on February 16, 2010 by Christopher Ryan in Sex at Dawn

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Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., is co-author of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (HarperCollins 2010).

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