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Polygamy
Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, polygamía, “state of marriage to many spouses”) is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives, it can be called a group marriage.
See also Polyamory for non-fiction and Polyamorous for fiction. ...more
See also Polyamory for non-fiction and Polyamorous for fiction. ...more
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How a man treats his wife has to do with that individual man, whether in polygyny or monogamy.
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― We Want for Our Sisters What We Want for Ourselves: Polygyny: A Relationship, Marriage and Family Alternative
― We Want for Our Sisters What We Want for Ourselves: Polygyny: A Relationship, Marriage and Family Alternative
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[October 19, 1843. Thursday.]...After we had got on the road he [Joseph] began to tell me that E[mma] was turned quite friendly and kind. She had been anointed and he also had been a[nointed] K[ing]. He said that it was her advice that I should keep M[argaret] at home and it was also his council. Says he just keep her at home and brook it and if they raise trouble about it and bring you before me I will give you an awful scourging and probably cut you off from the church and then I will baptise
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― An Intimate Chronicle: The Journals of William Clayton
― An Intimate Chronicle: The Journals of William Clayton
