Why are male-owned harems more socially acceptable than female-owned harems?

Asked By: JustBernieGirl 31-35, F 2 years ago

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Posted by ChipmunkErnie Oct 7th, 2010 at 9:44PM

Because god declared women should be submissive to men? And don't yell at me -- I'm an atheist and had nothing to do with writing anyone's holy books.

The word of Jesus doesn't apply to people who have other beliefs. Didn't Solomon (among others in the Hebrew Testament) have multiple wives and concubines. And Mohamed I think limited wives to four. The Mormons in Utah basically turned away from traditional polygamy in order to gain admittance to the US as a state. Etc., etc.

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Reply by JustBernieGirl Oct 7th, 2010 at 11:48AM

I would NEVER yell at a chipmunk. But Jesus said that each man should have only one women, and yet plenty of guys have more than one women. So if men can break the rules, how come women can't. Especially if half the people now don't even believe in God!
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Posted by Lucinnda Oct 7th, 2010 at 9:33PM

mkay - i'll bite.
the original premise of the female harem (long socially acceptable in certain prechristian and nonchristian cultures as well as a couple of christian cults) was ostensibly so that the guy could have lots of kids/heirs. a female with a male harem doesn't yield that result, so there's no pragmatic rationale for it.

women certainly "can" break the rules as much as men do - except men are congratulated for it and women are ridiculed for it. why? i dunno - people are stupid.

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Posted by HeartofHearts Oct 7th, 2010 at 4:27PM

i think that if you have enough money, you could probably have a male harem. do you think that it has anything to do with male dominance and being filthy rich? i suppose that it's acceptable in certain cultures, but not in others. it also depends on the group of people that you run with socially...

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Posted by humanidee Jan 11th, 2012 at 8:10AM

Where do I sign up? This could end the overpopulation problem. Someone should create a bogus religious cult based on this very concept.

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Reply by JustBernieGirl Jan 11th, 2012 at 8:16AM

Now there's an idea :P
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Posted by wishingwanda Oct 12th, 2010 at 10:16AM

an all male harem?
i hope every guy is in a skirt
then i would be there with bells on

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Posted by myephaunts Oct 7th, 2010 at 11:34AM

I did not know such harems existed-but would not want to join in-to each their own though is what I say.

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