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This. Clover Send a noteboard - 07/10/2010 05:35:40 PM
Polygamy tends to work practically when only one gender practices it. A single man with multiple wives or a single woman with multiple husbands can still be a cohesive family unit. A man with multiple wives, each of whom is also married to multiple men who probably also have other wives, etc no longer is. Marriage would cease to be a useful social construct in that case.

Since there would be no way the government could legally get away with only allowing one gender to marry multiple partners and not the other, you'd risk large multiple marriages where any one person could have as many other spouses as they wished, at which point the societal benefits of marriage would be impossible to apply practically.


That last sentence. Even if you ignore the gender issue, it still becomes difficult to apply the societal benefits of marriage. Divorce, custody, etc would become ridiculously complicated anytime there were multiple wives with "shared" children.

I think it works in certain cultures because their benefits of marriage are very different, as are the laws/traditions governing divorce, child welfare, alimony, etc. Even people (like myself) who are fine with the idea of polygamy often have a difficult time with that other set of customs that goes along with it. I just don't see how legal multiple marriages can work without impinging on the rights of one or more parties involved.

Spiritual marriages are another matter, of course.
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Polygamy, why is it illegal? Aisha - 07/10/2010 03:36:18 AM 1046 Views
THIS IS MINE! *NM* Urza - 07/10/2010 04:10:39 AM 210 Views
Because moralistic idiots SilverWarder - 07/10/2010 05:30:34 AM 436 Views
When potential welfare issues are removed, it's all just a matter of tradition and false morality. Tom - 07/10/2010 05:34:21 AM 456 Views
This explains Friday nights at Gilleys. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:26:37 PM 505 Views
Think of the implications of China's one-child policy in that light Tom - 07/10/2010 01:37:11 PM 428 Views
Joyful and triumphant. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:38:57 PM 505 Views
There's actually a good reason for that. Legolas - 07/10/2010 01:37:25 PM 520 Views
*nods* Good point, just like levirate marriage. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:41:11 PM 550 Views
have you ever been to Gilley's on a friday night? random thoughts - 07/10/2010 05:12:11 PM 434 Views
No. Country music hasn't been produced since the mid-fifties. Joel - 08/10/2010 11:17:27 AM 531 Views
really? I guess that is when they stopped making real rock and roll as well random thoughts - 08/10/2010 02:33:15 PM 466 Views
Nah, that was the '70s. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:43:09 PM 492 Views
I would assume due to practicality issues and such. ßelals Girl - 07/10/2010 07:49:16 AM 526 Views
I have a feeling the ACTUAL reasons are closer to moralistic reasons... LadyLorraine - 07/10/2010 12:30:33 PM 472 Views
Yeah, I agree. rebelaessedai - 08/10/2010 02:49:16 AM 432 Views
This. Clover - 07/10/2010 05:35:40 PM 448 Views
There's a name I've not seen in a while. Joel - 08/10/2010 11:22:01 AM 519 Views
I think it depends how popular it would become. Clover - 08/10/2010 07:04:03 PM 478 Views
The whole thing seems to get complicated in a hurry. Joel - 08/10/2010 07:58:43 PM 494 Views
I don't think single wife mutiple husband can work random thoughts - 07/10/2010 05:55:33 PM 439 Views
Oh, it can SilverWarder - 07/10/2010 06:51:59 PM 476 Views
yes but do both of the guys know? random thoughts - 07/10/2010 07:07:17 PM 487 Views
Oh yes, always have SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 02:53:13 PM 483 Views
Didn't you see Paint Your Wagon? nossy - 07/10/2010 07:21:54 PM 403 Views
Paint Your Wagon was about the California gold rush random thoughts - 07/10/2010 08:24:24 PM 467 Views
Lol. nossy - 07/10/2010 08:27:14 PM 486 Views
LOVE that movie SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 02:54:30 PM 507 Views
Smart nossy - 08/10/2010 03:28:28 PM 443 Views
Maybe SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 04:41:27 PM 472 Views
and that is the best back handed compliment I have had since the last time I saw my ex-wife random thoughts - 08/10/2010 04:24:40 PM 465 Views
I think it can, in certain situations ßelals Girl - 07/10/2010 08:29:47 PM 524 Views
the brother thing does make a certain sort of sense random thoughts - 07/10/2010 08:43:30 PM 480 Views
*shrugs* Mine's working just fine. *NM* rebelaessedai - 08/10/2010 02:47:06 AM 189 Views
It does. Palatine - 08/10/2010 05:57:46 PM 437 Views
but in most of those cases random thoughts - 08/10/2010 06:11:15 PM 466 Views
Because we need someone for the far right to demonize now that gays are becoming mainstream. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:22:24 PM 593 Views
Tradition. nossy - 07/10/2010 01:28:47 PM 379 Views
I don't think it should be illegal Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2010 02:02:05 PM 487 Views
that would be so sad BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:43:32 PM 503 Views
I only see a problem when it is run by a cult and girls are married off at 14 random thoughts - 07/10/2010 05:18:13 PM 477 Views
You saw an ad. I've seen all the episodes. Palatine - 07/10/2010 05:54:33 PM 584 Views
Is it next door? globug0822 - 08/10/2010 06:05:35 AM 446 Views
Maybe not. Palatine - 08/10/2010 06:01:37 PM 421 Views
For the same reasons Americans don't eat horse meat. Gaps - 08/10/2010 02:58:24 AM 451 Views
I'm an American and I eat horse meat. *NM* Tom - 08/10/2010 05:19:51 AM 198 Views
Re: I'm an American Gaps - 08/10/2010 01:02:23 PM 440 Views
In what society is/was eating horse prevalent? Macharius - 08/10/2010 03:10:21 PM 380 Views
it's common in europe now. LadyLorraine - 08/10/2010 03:51:07 PM 375 Views
Central Asian cultures. Tom - 08/10/2010 04:43:07 PM 388 Views
Huh? Tom - 08/10/2010 04:41:37 PM 318 Views
so you are saying you are a polygamist random thoughts - 08/10/2010 05:09:37 PM 377 Views
Dunno. globug0822 - 08/10/2010 06:06:26 AM 406 Views
At this rate, we'll soon be asking why kids can't have sex with adults. *NM* Zalis - 08/10/2010 02:23:16 PM 212 Views
What the heck does that have to do with polygamy? SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 02:57:37 PM 519 Views
and those are only the first steps!!! LadyLorraine - 08/10/2010 03:52:14 PM 369 Views
Oh, we should start a bill SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 04:43:05 PM 444 Views
Re: What the heck does that have to do with polygamy? Zalis - 13/10/2010 04:22:24 PM 518 Views
Are you calling the age of consent laws illogical? Kronin al'Sulc - 13/10/2010 05:36:52 PM 464 Views
Re: Are you calling the age of consent laws illogical? Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:16:55 PM 511 Views
I've thought it was because it objectifies women. BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:39:54 PM 418 Views
You are also a Muslim, correct? Islam doesn't seem to have a problem with up to 4 wives. (at a time) Zalis - 13/10/2010 04:12:44 PM 503 Views
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