Polygamy

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  • Created by: Creeper
  • Created on: 17-03-16 18:16

Polygamy

Advantages

  • Extra state benefits - extra wives/husbands count as single parents & lots of children = lots of money.
  • Religious happiness - they believe that their god is pleased with them.
  • Lots of media attention.
  • It might become more socially acceptable, like homosexuality, divorce, cohabitation, abortion, etc have.
  • More people to do jobs (actual jobs or housework), so less workload per person.
  • Less likely to cheat as more "choice" with partners.

Disadvantages

  • Socially shunned - at least currently.
  • There may be timetables of when you get to sleep with your own husband/wife!
  • It's illegal.
  • Jealously between partners.
  • Difficult to educate children, as many of these families like in very rural and empty areas.
  • Very noisy/chaotic.
  • May be more difficult to get a job if people in local area know that you're polygamous.
  • Any money that you do get will be stretched very far - lot's of people to support.
  • Children may feel unloved.
  • Lots of media attention.

Evaluation

Can be acceptable within certain religious communities, but mainly socially "incorrect" and illegal in many areas.May cause jealousy within families, and many of the children and "extra" partners may feel excluded, unloved or envious.Lots of money from state benefits, but difficult to get a job & money is used up quite quickly.Feels devoid of love/attention.Children have bad upbringing & education.

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Annajamey

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There are no advantages or disadvantages to polyamory. Different people want different things. If you want monogamy, that's totally okay. It doesn't “make you a *****,” and there's no reason to want something that doesn't work for you. Like this resource for open marriage: https://thedatingring.com/how-to-have-an-open-marriage.html

But being polyamarous (attraction to more than one ~person~ at once) isn't in itself a part of the LGBT community. This doesn't mean that a Polyamarous person can't be LGBT if their sexuality is part of the LGBT, but polyamarous people can also be straight.

Annajamey

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There are no advantages or disadvantages to polyamory. Different people want different things. If you want monogamy, that's totally okay. It doesn't “make you a *****,” and there's no reason to want something that doesn't work for you. Like this resource for open marriage: https://thedatingring.com/how-to-have-an-open-marriage.html

But being polyamarous (attraction to more than one ~person~ at once) isn't in itself a part of the LGBT community. This doesn't mean that a Polyamarous person can't be LGBT if their sexuality is part of the LGBT, but polyamarous people can also be straight.

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