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To: Flo Nightengale
One thing I find interesting about this article is that, in the past, I usually find polygamy criticized as an abuse of women. This writer presents polygamy as offering more options to women and as an abuse of men, denying many of them the opportunity to marry.
12 posted on 05/04/2008 5:50:47 PM PDT by broncobilly
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To: broncobilly
> ...an abuse of men, denying many of them the opportunity to marry.

If they're lucky, that's the only downside. It's usually more sinister.

In most polygamous groups, "excess" young men are simply killed, or exiled from the group, to reduce competition.

Polygamy is hell on males, except for the select few.

14 posted on 05/04/2008 5:54:57 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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