Is Polygamy Unfair and Controversial? Exploring Its Benefits and Drawbacks

[Zantra]

Hey don't be greedy You can marry both of us. I get mondays, wednesday,fridays, and sundays

Of course you don't neeed marriage to justify sex with multiple people

But I am curious on how Polygamy works. When it is practiced, do they have intimate relations seperately, or is it basically practiced all at once like an orgy? I've always been under the impression that it was maintained seperately, but does anyone know for sure ?

 

[FZ+]

I think the reason that polygamy is generally more prevalent among human society is due to human children's longer period before growing up, and the relatively large amount of energy require to bring up a human child. This requires a reliable source of support, which is earlier societies, a single parent cannot provide. So societies that built up strong monogamist regulations had an advantage in the number of (reproducing, working) adults they produced, and so are favoured. But in modern society, it can be argued that most of these factors no longer apply.

Preying mantises also have one partner at a time. They simply have very messy divorces in between.

 

[Gale]

I'd marry you both, but i fear my mother may oppose, I'm a bit young for either of you

and as far as orgies go in polygamy, it'd never once even crossed my mind to have it practiced that way. heh... not that i'd mind too much... but I'm pretty sure it's usually mono e mono in the bedroom. but i too would like to know for sure

 

[Zantra]

Originally posted by Gale17
I'd marry you both, but i fear my mother may oppose, I'm a bit young for either of you

and as far as orgies go in polygamy, it'd never once even crossed my mind to have it practiced that way. heh... not that i'd mind too much... but I'm pretty sure it's usually mono e mono in the bedroom. but i too would like to know for sure

so she'd be against our ages, but the polygamy thing is ok?

I highly dought the mormon faith would endorse something like an orgy. Seems more realistic that they would stick to rotations. Hheeh

 

[Gale]

so she'd be against our ages, but the polygamy thing is ok?

haha, ok, so i hadn't thought into it too well. my mum actually wouldn't be terribly upset about either, she knows I'm completely insane. she'd wig at first but get over it, it wouldn't be the craziest thing i'd ever done...

anyways, i figure it might also need to be pointed out that polygamy refers just to men having multiple wives, and polgandry when a woman has multiple husbands. Polyfidelity and/or Polyamory mean it goes both ways i guess. so, I'm for polyamory, not polygamy i guess. i actually think that it's terribly unfair to be sexest about it.

so i don't know if thread was meant about polygamy or polyamory, and if it's about polygamy, which i strongly oppose, then i think concubines and bastards and all that should be brought up.

 

[Zero]

Originally posted by Gale17
haha, ok, so i hadn't thought into it too well. my mum actually wouldn't be terribly upset about either, she knows I'm completely insane. she'd wig at first but get over it, it wouldn't be the craziest thing i'd ever done...

anyways, i figure it might also need to be pointed out that polygamy refers just to men having multiple wives, and polgandry when a woman has multiple husbands. Polyfidelity and/or Polyamory mean it goes both ways i guess. so, I'm for polyamory, not polygamy i guess. i actually think that it's terribly unfair to be sexest about it.

so i don't know if thread was meant about polygamy or polyamory, and if it's about polygamy, which i strongly oppose, then i think concubines and bastards and all that should be brought up.

Oops...you caught me, I did mean polyamory, my mistake!

 

[Zantra]

Originally posted by Gale17
she'd wig at first but get over it, it wouldn't be the craziest thing i'd ever done...

worse than polyamory? Well in that case fill me in on the "worse stuff"

 

[Gale]

i don't think that my... activities, would be appropriate to mention here, or on topic.

sides, i don't see anything that wrong with polyamory, just societal taboos

 

[Zantra]

Originally posted by Gale17
i don't think that my... activities, would be appropriate to mention here, or on topic.

[?] hmmmmmm

 

[Opinion]

Originally posted by Zero
Why is it bad? What are the benefits?

Discuss.

Would you like to be number 5 out 15 husbands? There's your problem.

 

[BoulderHead]

Originally posted by Opinion
Would you like to be number 5 out 15 husbands? There's your problem.

What if you were too busy with wife number 27 to notice?

 

[Kerrie]

anyways, i figure it might also need to be pointed out that polygamy refers just to men having multiple wives, and polgandry when a woman has multiple husbands. Polyfidelity and/or Polyamory mean it goes both ways i guess. so, I'm for polyamory, not polygamy i guess. i actually think that it's terribly unfair to be sexest about it.

the majority can't fathom polyamory, alhtough maybe nowadays it is more acceptable...personally, i don't see myself as ever polyamorous, but i can understand why it would happen...