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Affinity&_160;· Attachment&_160;· Bonding
Boyfriend&_160;· Casual&_160;· Cohabitation
Compersion&_160;· Concubinage
Consort&_160;· Courtesan&_160;· Courtship
Divorce&_160;· Domestic partnership
Dower&_160;/ Dowry&_160;/ Bride price
Family&_160;· Friendship&_160;· Girlfriend
Husband&_160;· Hypergamy&_160;· Infatuation&_160;· Intimacy
Jealousy&_160;· Limerence&_160;· Love
Kinship&_160;· Marriage&_160;· Monogamy
Psychology of monogamy
Non-monogamy
Passion&_160;· Pederasty
Platonic love&_160;· Polyamory
Polyfidelity&_160;· Polygamy
Relationship abuse
Relationship breakup&_160;· Romance
Romantic friendship&_160;· Separation
Sexuality&_160;· Same-sex relationship
Significant other&_160;· Soulmate
Teen dating violence&_160;· Wedding
Widowhood&_160;· Wife The term concubine generally signifies ongoing, quasi-matrimonial relationships where the woman is of lower social status than the man or the official wife or wives (typically, the concubine is of inferior rank to the official wife or wives). Generally, only men of high social status have concubines. Many historical Asian, European and Arab rulers maintained concubines as well as wives. Historically, concubinage was frequently voluntary (by the girl and/or her family's arrangement), as it provided a measure of economic security for the woman involved. Involuntary, or servile, concubinage sometimes involves sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman, being a pleasure slave to the man. Where it has a legal status, as in ancient Rome, and in ancient China, concubinage is akin, although inferior, to marriage. In opposition to those laws, traditional Western laws do not acknowledge the legal status of concubines, but rather only admit monogamous marriages. Any other relationship does not enjoy legal protection; the woman is essentially a mistress.
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