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and never a woman with more than one husband?

There is polyandry (link).


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Polygamy : woman is game and
Polyandry : man is man. Hmm.

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Technically, polygamy works both ways. Polygyny is specifically one husband, many wives. The deal is that men kill each off faster than women do, so, generally, there's more women than men in the nubility pool.

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The breakdown: poly- 'many', -gamy 'marriage', -gyny 'woman', and -andry 'man'; others adelphogamy 'brothers sharing one wife', endogamy 'marriage inside tribe, clan', exogamy 'marriage outside tribe, clan', hierogamy 'marriage of a god and mortal' (aka hieros gamos).


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Originally Posted By: Jackie
What I want to know is, how come it's always a man with more than one wife, and never a woman with more than one husband?


One male can fetilize many females of the same species. Look at your chicken coop. whistle

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help me, Rhonda.

-ron o.

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Polytechnically I believe in the monomahagony marriage and the fact that it takes place only once in a lifetime.

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
monomahagony


Show us ze vay to ze next little boy.

Oh, don't ask vhy.

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smile Oh show us the way to the next little dollar.
Oh, don't ask why.

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monomahagony Wood you care to explain that single term, ma'am?

And tsuwm--I'll Rhonda you, sir!

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