every single liberal friend I have, and a few non-liberal friends, is perfectly accepting of polygamy. Legalizing it would be fine for all of them. Most of my married friends are in fact in various forms of polyamory and it works fine for them.
The only issue i have is that child support and inheritance and succession laws would need to be altered to adequately address the possibilities.
What no one has mentioned is that the "ideal" of solo-partner unions has to do with ensuring adequate supply of females for all males, rather than heightened competition. Our birthrate ratio tends to be 50/50 thus if one man is allowed to "hoard" the women, then other males will go without. Monogamy evolved to force men to cooperate more and additionally recognize paternity more readily.
Both forms of polygamy mean that males will be more likely to compete for females either on a nuclear family level or on a society-wide level. Polygyny means many men will "lose out" on being paired, Polyandry means men will have their genetic chance of reproduction diluted and risk supporting a cuckoo's egg. Monogamy makes sense for men. Polygamy makes sense for women, regardless of which version they practice.
Me personally, I would love to join a line marriage. Too bad its illegal. As it is, I'll stick with monogamy.
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Date: 14/7/11 02:34 (UTC)The only issue i have is that child support and inheritance and succession laws would need to be altered to adequately address the possibilities.
What no one has mentioned is that the "ideal" of solo-partner unions has to do with ensuring adequate supply of females for all males, rather than heightened competition. Our birthrate ratio tends to be 50/50 thus if one man is allowed to "hoard" the women, then other males will go without. Monogamy evolved to force men to cooperate more and additionally recognize paternity more readily.
Both forms of polygamy mean that males will be more likely to compete for females either on a nuclear family level or on a society-wide level. Polygyny means many men will "lose out" on being paired, Polyandry means men will have their genetic chance of reproduction diluted and risk supporting a cuckoo's egg. Monogamy makes sense for men. Polygamy makes sense for women, regardless of which version they practice.
Me personally, I would love to join a line marriage. Too bad its illegal. As it is, I'll stick with monogamy.