What's The Problem With Polygamy?

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Originally posted by CPicard No, they don't. At least, not according to my book. You should add an appendix.

Whaaat? You f**k women in the appendixes??? THAT'S THE SICKEST AND MOST DISGUSTING THING I EVER READ!!!

Exploitation itself has trouble.

 Something done under starving conditions would very much be considered a contract entered into under duress. The law handles that already. I get the warning though. It is pertinent to all situations.  

Originally posted by Textbook Yeah romantic comedies would really fall apart.   "I can't choose between this guy and this guy. Oh the drama, the tension. Oh what the hell, they're both pretty cool, let's all just live together."   It would probably kill the genre off entirely.     You know, this really isn't an argument against legalising polygamy.

It'd star Charlie Sheen, obviously.


Edited by VanderGraafKommandöh - April 16 2012 at 15:59

Originally posted by Textbook Equality: Though it was probably facetious, the "a man only has one penis" conversation seemed to be targeting the problematic nature of group sexual relationships.

I've seen a lot of porns where the guy gets over the obstacle of having only one penis and ten women.

Anyway, the entire question mocks the idea of polygamy. Polygamy doesn't mean one man and a bunch of women. Polygamy isn't an orgy. All we're talking about is the expression of a romantic love among more than two people. That can include a plethora of sexual arrangements.

All sexual relationships breed problems. A monogamous one does the same. The nature of the relationship itself can lead to cheating. I think it's just silly to say that every person who falls in love will fall in love with exactly one person. It's just as flawed as saying that when someone falls in love it will be with someone of their own skin color, own nationality, own religion, own sex. It's antiquated and a fairy-tale romantic perversion of the concept.

Originally posted by Guldbamsen In Christianity there is not really anything stopping you doing this. A lot of people from the bible did have more than one wife - and furthermore without getting nailed by the big guy up on the hill for it. The bible doesn't state that you can't have any more than one spouse if I am not mistaken. You can have as many spouses as you want to really - and by you I really mean the masculine part of the equation

Originally posted by RoyFairbank This thread has gotten gross. I guess I am capable of imagining some similar things when the moment strikes, but "three orifices" is such a disgusting thing to say. Polygamy is wrong and sexist. Throughout history it has been rich men taking advantage of poor women. The kind of sexual stuff going into it is a tad perverted as well. That's why Zeus gave us two hands and erotic paintings/photographs. You can pretend your in any relationship you want. No reason real girls should suffer those fantasies or have them codified into binding arrangements. Some good songs on the topic is Anything She Does, by Genesis, and Pictures of Lilly by The Who.

You're disgusted by the fact that women have three orifices? That's a bit strange.

Your opinion of Polygamy is wrong and sexist. You obviously assume polygamy means male dominance or female outnumbering of male. That's wrong. Your throughout history point provides nothing to the argument. You make a case against abusive polygamist marriages. Throughout history, men have been taking advantage of women in monogamous marriages. It's nonsense to say this invalidates the act.

The kind of sexual stuff in a polygamist marriage could be much more mundane than in a monogamous one.

There's no suffering or codification. It would be that these women want to be in a relationship and want to be doing certain sexual acts (again though there might be nothing out of the ordinary with the sexual acts).

This is insane to me. You could have a woman who loves two men. She thinks she loves Mr. A more and marries him. After ten years of marriage she says, I think I've made a mistake. She gets a divorce to marry Mr. B now. Society wouldn't have a problem with this. How much different is it than being married to both though? How much trouble could be avoided potentially with a polygamist relationship? I don't know the answer to the later, but it's not crazy to say the answer could be some.

^Brian, there's no reason to even theorize what kind of sexual arrangements may be made. It's superfluous. One need only point out for the justification case that it need not take form X when people use form X as an argument against polygamy.

One does not need to do so for monogamy. A variety of sexual relations, including allowance of extra-marital sexual relations, occur in monogamous marriage. None of this affects the argument or would even cross the minds of most since their views of monogamy and polygamy have nothing to do with reality or the meanings of the arrangements and instead are only guided by personal and cultural stereotypes.

Yeah, folks have threesomes and orgies and mass rapes and brutal BDSM and multiple-partner affairs and swingers' clubs and crazy fetishes, all within the strict confines of a monogamous society. And even if they didn't, 99.9% of all monogamous individuals would daydream about it.

Originally posted by JJLehto You're right, but what can I say? Had to take the opportunity I guess.

Sure. Just pointing it out for your own sanity.

Originally posted by Alitare Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 ^Some of us have significant others than only let us have our cake unfortunately. And we all know you're dreaming of eating it.

Since she occaisonally reads what I post, of course not.