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To: Oliviaforever

Not for the average person. Polygyny was an option for elite men in many civilizations, but it was decidedly only open to a small minority. In any case, polygamy hasn’t been legal in the Western world for a very long time.


21 posted on 06/07/2014 11:43:04 AM PDT by x
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To: x

I heard that polygamy was the result of a relative overabundance of women over men due to warfare which greatly thinned out the men. I don’t know if that is true, but it sounds reasonable.


22 posted on 06/07/2014 11:53:28 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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