tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post1641596010237944571..comments2023-12-19T23:33:10.590-05:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Polygamous Societies Bring Everything Bad and Nothing GoodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-76947879935162027022014-10-04T22:58:14.621-04:002014-10-04T22:58:14.621-04:00Yes on the female-unfriendly culture. They'd b...Yes on the female-unfriendly culture. They'd be house-bound to protect them from predators.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-49773677532222779902014-10-04T15:52:25.387-04:002014-10-04T15:52:25.387-04:00Polygamy also tends to show up in very wealth-asym...Polygamy also tends to show up in very wealth-asymmetric societies, or in war-torn areas where lots of men are dead.<br /><br />I think the Mormons took it up originally due to male mortality.<br /><br />A woman MIGHT choose to be wife #50 to a rich man if her only other choices are 1) life with a very poor man, or 2) going it alone in a female-unfriendly culture, like rural china or the middle east.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-17788095946466888082014-10-04T05:39:30.853-04:002014-10-04T05:39:30.853-04:00Those who believe in such confused concepts as Alp...Those who believe in such confused concepts as Alpha/Beta think the "Alphas" will get all the women and have harems and the "Betas" will get nothing. Of course, when you try to build a house on sand...you erect an edifice of nonsense. Polygamy has always been enforced by the government. Women don't willingly choose it. Who wants to be wife number 200 for a billionaire? And it has only been popular in non-Western cultures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-55617954608561053012014-10-04T00:54:41.007-04:002014-10-04T00:54:41.007-04:00I'm not sure who would actually be the driving...I'm not sure who would actually be the driving force behind polygamy.<br /><br />After all, there is nothing preventing a man of wealth and status from maintaining multiple lovers, and even fathering children by them. There is nothing preventing him from supporting all these women, and the state, in fact, will probably ensure that he does.<br /><br />So, from a man's perspective, what additional benefit would be gained from actually being permitted to become legally entangled with these women? It seems to me that polygamy exists to REQUIRE the man to commit to the women he bangs and has kids by.<br /><br />Are women going to agitate for polygamy? Why would they? First, no feminist would want this, because of the obvious patriarchal aspect, and no religious women of any normal Christian denomination would accept polygamy, even if legal.<br /><br />The sex, children, and resource parts have already been covered by our current cultural behavior, so who, other than some unusual religious groups, would push for this?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-4549228741868567982014-10-03T20:59:22.120-04:002014-10-03T20:59:22.120-04:00I lived for a year in Jordan, where polygamy is le...I lived for a year in Jordan, where polygamy is legal but not particularly common outside of the lower classes and the ultra-religious. In public areas there would often be a section for families, couples, and single women as well as a separate section for any single men. The men's section was invariably rowdy and prone to fights. It really seemed to be a counterproductive way of dividing society. I imagine it would only get worse the more prevalent polygamy became. Terionoreply@blogger.com