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@bright.ton42 wrote:

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Then why is Polygamy so widespread ?

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Is it? 

 

In the distant past child needed 2 parents to survive, at least for few years.  Woman alone could hardly go hunting with an infant or 2 in her arms.  So, one woman and one man would have usually baby every 2 years.  It would be hard for man to provide for 2 families, until the society became more developed, and man did not have to personally do all the work. 

 

I do not have a problem with what ever structure of family people choose; their lives, their choice.

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I depends how distant the distant past is..... if it was caveman times they lived in tribes didn't they?   So everyone would provide for each other.  It's probably the same in some other tribes now.    Interesting idea to explore. 

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Same today in a lot of places.

Communial bringing up of kids.

Agree, but Variety LOL

As a woman - I am all for :

'Paint Your Wagon'.

A very young Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin & Jean Seberg.

She managed quite nicely with both.

One wife is sufficient misery for any man. We need to end the practice of polygamy just to protect those poor men from themselves.

Unless, of course, one of you knows a polygamist who would take my wife off my hands. Then I'd be all for polygamy.

Polks

Why do you say that ?

In your eyes only, some think it is good.

Although with some wives, I can see why a husband has more than one !

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Then why is Polygamy so widespread ?

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Is it? 

 

In the distant past child needed 2 parents to survive, at least for few years.  Woman alone could hardly go hunting with an infant or 2 in her arms.  So, one woman and one man would have usually baby every 2 years.  It would be hard for man to provide for 2 families, until the society became more developed, and man did not have to personally do all the work. 

 

I do not have a problem with what ever structure of family people choose; their lives, their choice.

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interesting theory. 

The law is there to protect those who cannot protect themselves.