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It is also worth noting that in many instances where the origin of polygamy has been traced to its roots in a culture, it leads directly back to a period where much of the male population had been wiped out by war and allowing one man to marry multiple women (so he could father children with them without breaking the bond of marriage) was designed to help repopulate.

Its easy to take a particular view of all of these facts that suits one agenda or another, but the reality is far more nuanced and complex.

I very much agree with the above post on what would likely be ideal for most if they could get past the inherent emotional barriers and if they had truly found their "pair bond" mate. Call it nature or nurture, but most are just not wired that way today. They either bottle up their desires to fuck around or act on them and end up divorced. Some, of course, may actually not have any real desire to stray also - that IS possible.

I do think that true poly arrangements are an anomaly though. The polygamy that is so widespread today tends (almost without exception) be the product of misogynistic cultures and that makes it dubious as a proof point given a male dominated society.

When people talk "poly" here, they are talking 3 or 4 (more?) people forming some kind of mesh of love 60's style. Thats cool for those involved. I think those people would be safer and more welcome at a swinger gathering, though, than they would at a mosque.