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"Polygyny". I just learned something. And so did my spell checker by the way. "Polygamy" may have become gender neutral in technical circles, but I doubt the
by loup-vaillant 13y ago
"Polygyny". I just learned something. And so did my spell checker by the way. "Polygamy" may have become gender neutral in technical circles, but I doubt the general population have caught up yet (though by the look of the relevant Wikipedia pages, they will soon).
Also, "polyamory" doesn't have the notion of marriage in it. Maybe that could be a useful distinction.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> "Polygamy" may have become gender neutral in technical circles, but I doubt the general population have caught up yet. The thing is that virtually all polygamy that has existed in the real world is polygyny, so the distinction between that gender-specific form and the general form (as well as any reference to polyandry) is of almost entirely of theoretical/technical/specialist interest. > Also, "polyamory" doesn't have the notion of marriage in it. Maybe that could be a useful distinction. I think it is.