A Rational Review Of The Information Available From Social Research On The Subject Of Polygamy

Could you imagine living in a world where it is acceptable for a man to marry more than one woman and be open about it? Not many can and that is why the practice of polygamy such is seen as taboo. The families usually live very private lives and they do not interact with a lot of the rest of America due to anti-bigamy society we live in. Polygamy is the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time (Webster 2015). This is not to be confused with an open relationship or an open marriage. This topic has been viewed and deemed as controversial for many years. As a practice that was not accepted in the public eye, it recently has gained more attention with mainstream media and culture. With shows on television such as “Sister

Despite the argument that polygamist lifestyles are easier, polygamy has proven time and time again, to be a terrible lifestyle that has been dolled up to look like something that it is not. Polygamist families are often unable to meet their basic needs, “In spite of our poverty, my husband continued to marry other wives. I almost died from typhoid fever and my first baby died” (Spencer 1). The health and well-being is the last thing on the mind of a husband living in polygamy because he is constantly wanting more for himself. All of the sister wives are so in love with their husband, what they do not know is that he does not really love them, if he did he would

Polygamy is often not a choice women or men have to participate in. They are often forced to participate against their will. Women will be punished if they do not obey what their husband has them do. Also, they will be punished if they refuse to get married to the man chosen for them.

According to a 2012 study, monogamy has a crucial advantage over polygyny: “the more egalitarian distribution of women, which reduces male competition and social problems”. Not only does it reduce male competition and social problems between individuals, but monogamous marriage also “results in significant improvements in child welfare, including lower rates of neglect, abuse, accidental death, homicide and intra-household conflict” (Friedersdorf, 2015). By shifting male efforts from seeking wives to paternal investment, systematised monogamy increases long-term planning, economic productivity, savings and child investment. Nonetheless, when a high-status man takes two wives, a lower-status man gets no wife. If the high-status man takes three wives, two lower-status men get no wives. This “competitive, zero-dynamic sets off a competition among high-status men in who’s going to get the most wives” (Friedersdorf, 2015), which leaves lower-status men out in the cold. Those men, denied access to life’s most stabilising and civilising institution, are fairly disadvantaged and often turn to behaviours like crime and violence. Thus, polygamy should not be legalised as it creates tension and competition between

Polygamy is the practice of being married to one or more person at the same time. Polygamy exists in three specific forms polygyny wherein a man has multiple simultaneous wives; polyandry where in a woman has multiple simultaneous husbands. Woman has multiple simultaneous husbands; or group marriages wherein the family unit consists of multiple husbands and multiple wives.

Polygamy brings many problems in a family life, but some people support it because it doesn’t conflict with religion. In my opinion, polygamy should not be legalized. By not legalizing polygamy in the United States is a great way to save families from suffering. Polygamy doesn’t only give a bad effect for the wives but for the children’s psychology. Polygamy can also encourage the idea that women are considered objects that men can own. Eventually, this can lead to abuse and other issues that no one should ever have to deal with. These relationships will cause hatred, jealousy, depressed, and an emotional burden among the family members. Therefore, polygamous marriage is not a right thing to do. It just causes more problems, women, and children suffer from

Being married to one or more women has been very popular in the past. Many countries give the permission to marry one or more women including Morocco. The idea behind this habits is to boost the chance of having boys to carry the name of the father over the time. In fact, the idea of marrying more than one person is not only limited to man but also for women . Women can also marry several man at the same time and we call this Polyandry. Polyandry is very rare comparing to polygamy simply because by definition polyandry exists only in two part in the world. On the other hand, Polygamy was the only solution to protect the human kind from from extinction and garantee the continuity

The fact that polygamous marriage is becoming more acceptable in America is directly correlated to our values of creating a diverse, and inclusive culture. I would compare it to same sex marriage, which has become increasingly more acceptable. But just because this idea is becoming more acceptable doesn’t mean the there is an actual increase in these types of relationship throughout the country. As stated in the article support of plural matrimony rose to 16 percent, but that stat is based on support not on an increase in the number of polygamous marriages. The fact is that 75 percent of other countries see marriage as something different than the U.S. For them when considering marriage they want to continue their family name, increase wealth,

“Polygyny” and “Polyandry” seem to be parallel structure, but our society tends to have positive perception toward “Polygyny” and negative perception toward “Polyandry”. As most of the countries are patriarchal society, we think that “Polygyny” is more reasonable than “Polyandry”. Besides, Muslim support the practice of “Polygyny” but none of the religion support “Polyandry” in our society. Because of the stereotyped gender role and social ideology in modern society, most of the male’s role is hegemony in the world. It is the result of patriarchal society. This is the reason of why we think that man can have more than one wife rather than a woman have more than one

In most cases of polygamy, the man has multiple wives. A man having multiple wives decreases the chance of other heterosexual males finding a female partner. This may result in something that is already occurring in China due to the imbalance of males to females. There are instances of women being kidnapped, trafficked, and raped because some men are not able to find a partner. If polygamy becomes a common occurrence in Canada, it is likely that this will be the outcome of it. However, an imbalance of the ratio of single males and females is not the only problem with polygamy. Using the Winston

One of the many reasons that polygamy should continue to be illegal is because of the children that have to suffer through the pain that their mothers may suffer as well. Children have to suffer through the abuse that their fathers put upon them and the education that they earn is extremely unhelpful to them. Children in addition to being abused also endure

Polygamist Marriage is the union including more than two partners. There is a more specific breakdown of Polygamy. Polygyny is a marriage between one man and multiple women. Polyandry is the union of one woman and multiple men. And Lastly Polyamory represents a marriage having both multiple husbands and wives. And despite the fact that Polygamist marriage in illegal in the United States, 30,000 to 50,000 people are living in plural families

Acknowledging the complexity of the polygamy debate, this paper will borrow from two competing human rights perspectives — universalist and cultural-relativist perspectives. The former is predicated on individual rights, with a greater focus on civil and political rights, and the latter is predicated on collective rights

Polyamory is the practice of loving more than one person and having relationships accordingly, whether emotionally, romantisexually or otherwise. While many people's perception is that this orientation is all about sex, quite the opposite is true. Polyamory literally means "many loves". It is the practice of making relationships intentional: ones consciously filled with honesty, transparency, consent and love. / Within American culture, monogamy is by far the most widely-practiced form of relationships. This model for romantisexual relationships is not intrinsically wrong but is most certainly a default. What if there is another way that the majority of society is overlooking? What if loving, meaningful relationships are abundant and people

In industrialized societies, it is something that has been made illegal, and is considered deviant. When most people think of polygamy they think of polygyny, the marriage of one man with multiple wives, and endless children. Here in the United States the most common occurrence of polygamy was in the 1800s, through the Mormon religion, and more specifically the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints. Through the reading of the Bible, the leader of the Latter-Day Saints church, Joseph Smith, had revelations that encouraged him take a second wife as many of the members of the Old Testament had done. The rest of the United States reacted negatively to polygamy and Congress passed several laws prohibited polygamy. However, Mormons continued to practice polygamy despite these laws because they believed it was within their right to do so based on the Bill of Rights which protected freedom of religion (Embry 2016).