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Yes, if its a man with many wives, but if a women had many husbands...just think, dishes all done, bins taken out every night...endless dinners made for you!

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Some women are insatiable, pauline, they can't get enough of it. Once a man has settled down to married life, once a week is probably all he can manage. With some women, however, the more they get, the more they want, so the arrangement could work out well in that respect. Of course, everyone involved would have to be on their guard against being born again, as that would throw a right old spanner into the works.

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I agree, Pixie. I think ego certainly plays its part. But could it also be related to basic animal instinct?

I've always been strictly one-to-one myself.

But here's an interesting biological species propogation/survival mechanism which supports the idea of one man to many women.

One man to many women can multiply at a much faster rate than could one woman to many men.

One man can impregnate many women in a very short space of time, whereas a single woman can realistically have only one child per year (assuming, for the sake of argument, some recovery time for the woman, and disregarding twins, triplets, etc.).

This would make the other men redundant.

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Imagine that!

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Oh Pk, I like the way you think

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Well, the African continent has a sizeable population already so polyandry would balance things out - don’t you think?

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I am not a fan of marriage and consider it to be an outdated institution . I am happy for people to be free to do as they please as long as they avoid hurting anyone.

Biology dictates that women carry babies and need to settle in one place, so one man at a time to perpetuate the species is sufficient for some women . Men on the other hand are not tied by pregnancy and birth, they are free to spread seed far and wide to do their bit for the species

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Of course. Whatever floats their boat. Not my cup of tea, but I have absolutely no arguments against such behaviour by consenting adults.

But let's not forget that the risk of severe decimation of the human species still exists. In such a situation, the mechanism I described above would kick in naturally in various parts of the world.

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I've never understood multiple partner marriages. In my way of thinking someone is getting the short end of the deal. I don't believe it's possible to love two people equally in a marriage. But hey if it works for you both or the three of you go for it.

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I don't imagine that in the parts of the world where polygamy is practiced, it is like the western model of marriage with one or two extra people thrown in, which is how you seem to be envisaging it.