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shaayecanaan (5,946 posts)

Monogamy wasn't invented for the benefit of women
   
it was invented for the benefit of men. Specifically, it was pioneered about three thousand years ago by the Greek city states who found it was necessary, for the sake of social stability, to minimise the number of discontented, socially unattached men. This was best done by maximising each man's prospects of marriage by limiting all men to one wife each. Of course, it was still perfectly fine for men to sleep with other women on the side (and it still is). But such women only had the status of concubines, floozies, prostitutes or slaves. They needed to marry to obtain any sort of station in life.

In a society without any kind of government safety net (which remains the case for three-quarters of humans living today) women typically need to marry in order to survive. Given that men die more often from infant mortality, war and famine, this means that generally women have a relatively limited pool of men from which to make their selection. It also means that in a society with strictly enforced monogamy, every man, no matter how violent or impoverished has a decent shot at obtaining a spouse.

Polygamy naturally affords women a greater variety of choices. A prospective bride doesn't necessarily have to resign herself to being the first wife of a destitute and desperate alcoholic if she has the alternative of becoming the second or third wife of a more stable and prosperous partner. It also means that in the event of war or famine depleting the pool of available men, that a woman will not necessarily have to resign herself to a life of solitude on society's margins. It is for these reasons that even the mainline Christian churches in Africa endorse polygamy, realising that it is the only viable social solution for these women.

Polygamy also tends to function as a crude form of socialism. It enables the more prosperous to have more children, which results in wealth being divided amongst more people and a tendency to avoid the over-concentration of wealth that has occurred in western societies. 

So there you have it...

Women were meant to be kept, if not by men then by The State...which is presumably run by men.

 


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[Big Dog]

Polygamyy = socialism.

That should convince 'em!

[Carl]

My general experience is that less then 1% of the female population will accept polygamy in practice.

[BannedFromDU]

My general experience is that less then 1% of the female population will knowingly accept polygamy in practice.

FIFY

[Carl]

FIFY

True on that,polygamy is definitely a hedonistic benefit to men and virtually nothing for women except as was said in the op...a way for her to be kept.

[JohnnyReb]

Then why do some women on the government tit have a half dozen kids by a half dozen different dads?....and some dads have a half dozen kids the don't support by a half dozen different women?

[67 Rover]

shaayecanaan (5,946 posts)

Monogamy wasn't invented for the benefit of women
   
it was invented for the benefit of men. Specifically, it was pioneered about three thousand years ago by the Greek city states who found it was necessary, for the sake of social stability, to minimise the number of discontented, socially unattached men. This was best done by maximising each man's prospects of marriage by limiting all men to one wife each. Of course, it was still perfectly fine for men to sleep with other women on the side (and it still is). But such women only had the status of concubines, floozies, prostitutes or slaves. They needed to marry to obtain any sort of station in life.

In a society without any kind of government safety net (which remains the case for three-quarters of humans living today) women typically need to marry in order to survive. Given that men die more often from infant mortality, war and famine, this means that generally women have a relatively limited pool of men from which to make their selection. It also means that in a society with strictly enforced monogamy, every man, no matter how violent or impoverished has a decent shot at obtaining a spouse.

Polygamy naturally affords women a greater variety of choices. A prospective bride doesn't necessarily have to resign herself to being the first wife of a destitute and desperate alcoholic if she has the alternative of becoming the second or third wife of a more stable and prosperous partner. It also means that in the event of war or famine depleting the pool of available men, that a woman will not necessarily have to resign herself to a life of solitude on society's margins. It is for these reasons that even the mainline Christian churches in Africa endorse polygamy, realising that it is the only viable social solution for these women.

Polygamy also tends to function as a crude form of socialism. It enables the more prosperous to have more children, which results in wealth being divided amongst more people and a tendency to avoid the over-concentration of wealth that has occurred in western societies. 

Discontented, socially unattached men need sammiches made too. 

[USA4ME]

Polygamyy = socialism.

That should convince 'em!

They shouldn't need to be convinced. Expanding the definition of marriage to be as many people who want to be involved is a foundation of liberal ideology. They told us those same concepts about twinkie marriage.

Those libs who are against it are only doing so in order to save face from those of us who told them about the slippery slope they were on opening up marriage to involve twinkies.

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[98ZJUSMC]

Polygamy also tends to function as a crude form of socialism.

[obumazombie]

My general experience is that less then 1% of the female population will accept polygamy in practice.

You could sweeten the offer.
I can't wait for the perverts to start banging the drum for gay polygamy.
They deserve what they have wrought.

[jukin]

Monogamy wasn't invented for the benefit of women

Complete BS. Monogamy is a huge plus for women. Otherwise the man leaves the woman with the kid(s). For example see black community. Also a huge benefit for the kids.

99 out of 100 times the DUchebags will not just be wrong but wildly wrong. That 1/100 time the DUchebag is right but for the wrong reasons.

[catsmtrods]

bend over, bitch