Polygyny

In light of the recent widespread debate on gay marriage, polyamory has pushed its way to the periphery of public discussion. It has generally, however, been spoken of derisively, often as the negative extension of an argument against same-sex marriage—“gay marriage today, polygamy tomorrow”, you may hear from detractors of the Supreme Court’s recent decision. Does the science related to polyamory, however, back up such negative views of it? Recent research from Morrison, Beaulieu, Brockman,…

that groups fitness. However primates learn ways to deal with this, such as allo parenting, in which non parent individuals assist in raising children, allowing parents to have more children. Another way the primates got around this obstacle is in polygyny groups where the women are dessignated a more maternal role in birthing and caring for the child, while the males will do other work for the group, like fending off predators, or gather food. This is made even more efficient with their sexual…

Monogamy is marriage between two adults. Now monogamy family systems can be classified to one man and one woman, two men, or two women. Where polygamy has two subtopics: polyandry and polygyny. Polyandry is marriage between one woman and many men (this is rare but does occur in locations such as Tibet) and polygyny is marriage between one man and many women . In our book on page 254 it states “A survey of 565 world societies, only 25% are monogamy and over 70% is polygynous marriage systems.”…

Primate parenting have a lot of features which can be considered different from other mammal. One of the biggest difference could be the parental investment which is the amount of time the average parent spends with it's off spring after birth and further gives it the skills of survival or maybe just social skills to survive in the group. Primates especially females spend a lot of time caring for their off springs by teaching them skills like termite fishing and further grooming them. Female…

greater fairness in relationships, including polygamy. However, polygamy is still a touchy subject with its more recent and more radical history. It is essential for polygamy to be kept from any future marriage equality changes in American because polygyny causes emotional, and sometimes physical, damage to the wives, creates gender inequalities toward women, and would also create a generation of children that do not have proper social fulfillment. Although polygamy falls under a religious right…

(h161) Polygyny is accepted and legal in many countries. Marriage to more than one wife is popular in cultures which practise wealth-generating polygyny and support themselves through agriculture and farm work. (h161) A marriage can benefit from multiple wives because the women can help work on the farms to better the economic situation. (h161) In many cases the wives want their husband to marry more women as it would be more economically productive. (h161) Many women believe polygyny gives them…

countries choose monogamy as the legal default marriage form. One of basic advantages of monogamy is equality. Because the sex ratio of a society is almost equal to 1:1, monogamy is the best way to pair each individual with a partner. In the case of polygyny, one man will have several wives, which means some other men will have no wives at all. Only the strongest man can have reproduction success. In order to reproduce, other men need to fight to get wives, which will cause violence and the…

to culture, whether it may be monogamy, polygyny, or polyandry. These concepts are usually cultural constructed as society changes through its values, religions, or way of life. Since their arrival from the Tibetan plateau about 200 years ago, the Nyimba people of northwest Nepal have adapted a polyandry marriage culture. Meaning, for every family of brothers, they have one wife. Now, this concept of marriage is extremely different from monogamy and polygyny that one typical hears about. In a…

According to dictionary.com; polygyny is defined as the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time. dictionary.com also says polyandry is the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Many societies practice both polygyny and polyandry across the world. However, still to this day, polygyny and polyandry are restricted in many religions and countries and these relationships are often not properly recognized amongst every culture. Both of these can be…

The Irua is known as female circumcision, it is “the cutting of the external genital excision, especially of the clitoris, and was performed by trained older women” (Davidson, 24). It is an important passage to adulthood, of making into being an adult for these girls that get this procedure. The important it has on these women in the Mt. Kenya region is significant. These girls know that when this procedure comes, they are ready to be an adult. It’s a right-of-passage, every girl wants to be a…