Tuesday I complained that the main argument against polygamy (men with multiple wives), that it creates more unmarried and hence unhappy men, also argues for polyandry (women with multiple husbands), female prostitution, stronger punishment of wife affairs, and for forbidding women who never marry. Many complained that I neglected to consider intrinsic gender asymmetries, which would induce more polygamy than polyandry, and more gays than lesbians. Then there is
Hypergamy & Polygamy
Hypergamy & Polygamy
Hypergamy & Polygamy
Tuesday I complained that the main argument against polygamy (men with multiple wives), that it creates more unmarried and hence unhappy men, also argues for polyandry (women with multiple husbands), female prostitution, stronger punishment of wife affairs, and for forbidding women who never marry. Many complained that I neglected to consider intrinsic gender asymmetries, which would induce more polygamy than polyandry, and more gays than lesbians. Then there is
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