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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (57 children)

Is the main objection to polygamy that having multiple sex partners is immoral or that the whole arrangement is subjugation of women (because usually it's multiple wives not husbands), or some other reason?

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A bit of both. The Greeks and Romans had a cultural taboo against polygamy which Christianity inherited, which means that Christians have historically been opposed to polygamy (which was not the case in Pre-christian northern Europe) on moral grounds. There is also the issue that historically polygamy has been associated with patriarchal societies in which men are allowed or expected to have multiple wives, but women are not allowed to do the same. Additionally, it is also culturally associated with treating women as property of the husband. Personally I don't have any issue with polygamy if everyone is free to do whatever but the way most cultures practice it, it's unfair to women. Then again, that could also he said of "traditional" marriage in a lot of monogamous scenarios too.

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"one to cook and one to clean" is one of the "joke-y" sayings I heard

[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Having been on some readings I had not picked up in a second recently, two to poison and be each other's alibi is what went thru my head first lol.

Nothing else to do with the thread. Just the first thought that went thru my head- any rat bastard that lives that shit deserves to be poisoned by both.

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