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Web Sites in Category Polygamy

A Brief History of Polygamy in Southern Africa - Attempts to estimate how common polygamy was in southern African rural society in the 1800's.

Anti-Polygamy.org - Refuting arguments commonly used against polygamy. Showing the unjustness of stereotyping polygamists as being in cults, abusive, and other.

Arctic Dawn Polygamy - Samuel Hearne on polygamy in the Arctic, and the customs of the native people.

Cultural Practices in Conflict with Canadian Law - Recognizing existing polygamous marriages of immigrants and providing spouses with the benefits and entitlements normally available to spouses defined by Canadian law is an outstanding issue.

Kinship and Social Organization - Features articles and outlines of marriage customs among different societies, which also include information about polygyny.

Legalize Polygamy - Short article on how polygamy would benefit us, in a secular view point. How polygamy would evolve us to higher levels.

Monogamy as a Prisoners' Dilemma - Non-monogamy as a collective action problem. The benefits and disadvantages of different forms of marriage.

Montesquieu: The Spirit of Laws - Article explaining that the law of polygamy is an affair that depends on calculation.

On the Economics of Polygyny - Unpublished paper from Ted Bergstrom exploring the prevalence and viability of polygamy in various societies. [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

Polygamy - Types of Polygamy, Polygamy Worldwide, Patterns of Occurrence, Polygamy and Religion, Legal Situation, and The Case of Mormonism.

Polygamy at Beliefnet - Articles and opinions on polygamy. Registered users can share their personal thoughts about the issue.

Polygamy.com - Includes information, personals, arguments as to why polygamy might be beneficial to women, and articles.

Polygamy: Another Lovestyle - Intellectual article by Deborah Anapol about polygamy and monogamy.

Polygyny Is Already A Practice - Article about polygamy in Africa, before and after the arrival of the colonizers and Christianity.

Pro-Polygamy.com - Provides the media and others with op-eds, press releases and articles from the pro-polygamy view. Gives email-alerts and offers access to a polygamy advocate to interview.

Query On Reasons For Polygamy - A student's query regarding the differing interpretations for the cultural reasons for polygyny.

Question of Polygamy - Article tackling the important question of polygamy.

The Economics of Love and Marriage - Professor David Friedman's essay exploring economic issues affecting polygamy.

Urantia Book: Plural Marriages - The evolution of marriage and plural marriages.

Related Categories:

Society > Relationships > Alternative Lifestyles > Polyamory
Society > People > Women > Women's Rights
Society > Relationships > Marriage
Society > Relationships > Dating > Personals > Alternative Lifestyles
Science > Social Sciences > Anthropology > Cultural Anthropology

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