I started watching Big Love on HBO last year, a show about a polygamist family trying to live in suburban, monogamist society. It put an interesting twist on polygamy, which made me question my own prejudice. How do you feel about polygamy?
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I don't think it is very positive for women, as why is a man so important that he should be "shared" amongst many women. How can I man show individual attention to the women and to the many children? I am happy in the traditional male/female relationship model, and I wouldn't call myself a feminist, but I think polygamy just stinks, and it panders to male egos.
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Polygamy is one thing. That refers to the practice of marrying multiple spouses. It isn't dependent upon gender. Men and women can both take multiple partners. I have a problem when the practice is limited to polygyny (which is what the Mormons practiced, and what Muslims practice). This limits the ability to marry multiple spouses to men. Women become property to be collected, and a sign of wealth. Indeed, in any society where women have been given true economic, social, and political equality, the practice has ended naturally (not as a result of laws).
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There may be something built into our genes that makes men want multiple partners, and to take care of multiple partners. We are biological beings and are subject to our instincts. On the other hand, women are also subject to biology and it seems possible to me that they, too, need to be taken care of by a strong male in a group.
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I like the idea of polyamory and polygamy, but not polygyny or polyandry. I am interested in polyamory, which is an interconnected relationship involving more than two people. Polyamory involves everyone in the realtionship with everyone else. If the group doesn't work together; the group doesn't work at all. Polygamy seems great! Polyamory but with legal status would be nice. Polyamory and Polygamy would be especially beneficial to bisexual individuals. I believe polyamory and polygamy to be Utopian ideals. polygyny is where one man has several wives. polyandry is where one woman has several husbands. These are too restricted and one-sided.
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