What do you think of polygamy?
20 Answers to "What do you think of polygamy?"
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Really bad idea.
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No completely opposed. It's a curious situation anyway.
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I don't really like the idea of that or promiscuity ( pretty similar) I'd never do it... :)
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sister wives
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doesn't sound unnatural
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Lucky guy! Poor women!
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I think it works for some people.
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I think it's creepy. Polyamory seems much more likely to be fair to all involved, where polygamy seems to be skewed toward the man's wants and needs. Just seems like a way for creepy guys who'd normally have trouble getting 1 girl to get 3 or 4.
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I think the behaviors of adults affect kids, but there are worse things to affect kids than polygamy. Closed community polygamy is an evil when tied to religion. Open polygamy I can deal with. I would not do it, but I think the government should stay out of our pants. I wouldn't want a part-time marriage.
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great grandfather was a polygamist...i don't really care if it makes others happy then good for em...just fix the tax code so they only get benefits for one marriage.
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I never thought about the tax code...good point.Like (1)
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that's the only reason they outlawed it at the turn of the 20th century and mainstream mormons had to abandon the practice due to tax abuse or advantge essentially
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One spouse at a time.
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Not a good idea. It should be one person giving all his or her love to one person.
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Sorta like gum. Taste good at first but then it looses its sweetness and gets hard.
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Good idea if the man could equal between his wives .
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Good game but i still prefer scrabble.
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I'm a Scrabble master!
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One wife damn near killed me, why would I want more
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;} sorry about that
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Selfish man--desperate women.
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Different strokes for different folks
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Not something I could be part of, but to each his (and their) own.
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I see it as constant struggle and emotional land mines everywhere...in essence...toxic. Even the documentaries and shows I've seen, there are constant struggles, yet the wife will present a smile and act as if it's fine...yet you can see the tension clearly... :/
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That's what I would imagine. But some want the right to discover that for themselves.
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Posted by BarvoDelancy Jan 27th, 2013 at 5:07PM
Theoretically, I have no issue with it. Consenting adults can enter into whatever kinds of relationships they want.
HOWEVER polygamy in practice does not involve that much consent and has a massive gender imbalance. When you have groups like the Fundamentalist LDS that just give fourteen year-old girls to old men as 'wives' you have a supremely ****** up situation that's not at all consenting.
You can extend that to all sorts of other cultures with polygamy - although I honestly don't know enough about their practices to comment that much. Just the idea of a world where a man can have many wives but a woman can't have many husbands is not one which sits well.
So you remove the inherit sexism and polygamy is fine.
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Reply by growwhereyouglow Jan 27th, 2013 at 5:14PM
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Reply by BamPow Jan 27th, 2013 at 5:55PM
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