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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 1043 Views
THIS IS MINE! *NM* Urza - 07/10/2010 04:10:39 AM 208 Views
Because moralistic idiots SilverWarder - 07/10/2010 05:30:34 AM 433 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 451 Views
This explains Friday nights at Gilleys. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:26:37 PM 502 Views
Think of the implications of China's one-child policy in that light Tom - 07/10/2010 01:37:11 PM 424 Views
Joyful and triumphant. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:38:57 PM 500 Views
There's actually a good reason for that. Legolas - 07/10/2010 01:37:25 PM 515 Views
*nods* Good point, just like levirate marriage. Joel - 07/10/2010 01:41:11 PM 547 Views
have you ever been to Gilley's on a friday night? random thoughts - 07/10/2010 05:12:11 PM 431 Views
No. Country music hasn't been produced since the mid-fifties. Joel - 08/10/2010 11:17:27 AM 528 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 462 Views
Nah, that was the '70s. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:43:09 PM 486 Views
I would assume due to practicality issues and such. ßelals Girl - 07/10/2010 07:49:16 AM 523 Views
I have a feeling the ACTUAL reasons are closer to moralistic reasons... LadyLorraine - 07/10/2010 12:30:33 PM 469 Views
Yeah, I agree. rebelaessedai - 08/10/2010 02:49:16 AM 429 Views
This. Clover - 07/10/2010 05:35:40 PM 443 Views
There's a name I've not seen in a while. Joel - 08/10/2010 11:22:01 AM 516 Views
I think it depends how popular it would become. Clover - 08/10/2010 07:04:03 PM 475 Views
The whole thing seems to get complicated in a hurry. Joel - 08/10/2010 07:58:43 PM 490 Views
I don't think single wife mutiple husband can work random thoughts - 07/10/2010 05:55:33 PM 434 Views
Oh, it can SilverWarder - 07/10/2010 06:51:59 PM 473 Views
yes but do both of the guys know? random thoughts - 07/10/2010 07:07:17 PM 483 Views
Oh yes, always have SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 02:53:13 PM 480 Views
Didn't you see Paint Your Wagon? nossy - 07/10/2010 07:21:54 PM 400 Views
Paint Your Wagon was about the California gold rush random thoughts - 07/10/2010 08:24:24 PM 464 Views
Lol. nossy - 07/10/2010 08:27:14 PM 483 Views
LOVE that movie SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 02:54:30 PM 504 Views
Smart nossy - 08/10/2010 03:28:28 PM 440 Views
Maybe SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 04:41:27 PM 468 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 461 Views
I think it can, in certain situations ßelals Girl - 07/10/2010 08:29:47 PM 519 Views
the brother thing does make a certain sort of sense random thoughts - 07/10/2010 08:43:30 PM 477 Views
*shrugs* Mine's working just fine. *NM* rebelaessedai - 08/10/2010 02:47:06 AM 188 Views
It does. Palatine - 08/10/2010 05:57:46 PM 434 Views
but in most of those cases random thoughts - 08/10/2010 06:11:15 PM 462 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 586 Views
Tradition. nossy - 07/10/2010 01:28:47 PM 376 Views
I don't think it should be illegal Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2010 02:02:05 PM 483 Views
that would be so sad BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:43:32 PM 499 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 473 Views
You saw an ad. I've seen all the episodes. Palatine - 07/10/2010 05:54:33 PM 581 Views
Is it next door? globug0822 - 08/10/2010 06:05:35 AM 443 Views
Maybe not. Palatine - 08/10/2010 06:01:37 PM 417 Views
For the same reasons Americans don't eat horse meat. Gaps - 08/10/2010 02:58:24 AM 448 Views
I'm an American and I eat horse meat. *NM* Tom - 08/10/2010 05:19:51 AM 197 Views
Re: I'm an American Gaps - 08/10/2010 01:02:23 PM 437 Views
In what society is/was eating horse prevalent? Macharius - 08/10/2010 03:10:21 PM 376 Views
it's common in europe now. LadyLorraine - 08/10/2010 03:51:07 PM 372 Views
Central Asian cultures. Tom - 08/10/2010 04:43:07 PM 385 Views
Huh? Tom - 08/10/2010 04:41:37 PM 315 Views
so you are saying you are a polygamist random thoughts - 08/10/2010 05:09:37 PM 374 Views
Dunno. globug0822 - 08/10/2010 06:06:26 AM 401 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 211 Views
What the heck does that have to do with polygamy? SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 02:57:37 PM 516 Views
and those are only the first steps!!! LadyLorraine - 08/10/2010 03:52:14 PM 366 Views
Oh, we should start a bill SilverWarder - 08/10/2010 04:43:05 PM 441 Views
Re: What the heck does that have to do with polygamy? Zalis - 13/10/2010 04:22:24 PM 515 Views
Are you calling the age of consent laws illogical? Kronin al'Sulc - 13/10/2010 05:36:52 PM 461 Views
Re: Are you calling the age of consent laws illogical? Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:16:55 PM 506 Views
I've thought it was because it objectifies women. BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:39:54 PM 415 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 499 Views
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