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Isn't one of the main motivators for polygamy to provide a means of support for the excess women in a patriarchal society in which many men have been killed? S
by akgerber 16y ago
Isn't one of the main motivators for polygamy to provide a means of support for the excess women in a patriarchal society in which many men have been killed?
See, say, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levirate_marriage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levirate_marriage
- eru 16y agoOr the other way round? Anyway, reproductive success (or just the chances of getting a wive) are even more skewed in polygamous societies, than in monogamous ones. It's an alpha-males paradies, and a loser's hell.