polygamy

Examples of polygamy in the following topics:

• Subcultures & Countercultures

  • The woman and children in this photo are members of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or FLDS), which advocates the practice polygamy, making members part of a countercultural group (polygamy is illegal in the United States).

• The Nature of Marriage

  • For example polygamy, in which a person takes more than one spouse, exists in many societies.
  • Polygamy and polyandry are two less recognized (or supported) forms of marriage.
  • In polygamy, a man usually takes on a number of different wives, although the literal translation of the term means marriage "between two or more partners".
  • Analyze different types of marriage and the similarities and differences between polygamy and polyandry

• What is a family?

  • One prevalent form is polygamy, which broadly refers to any form of marriage in which a person has more than one spouse.
  • Historically, polygamy has been practiced as polygyny (one man having more than one wife), as polyandry (one woman having more than one husband), or, less commonly, as "polygamy" (having many wives and many husbands at one time).
  • Further, many people practice polyamory, which refers to the acceptance, desire, and experience of more than one intimate relationship at a time with the consent of all involved (note this differs from polygamy, which refers to multiple spouses rather than relationships and which historically, religiously, and culturally does not necessarily require the consent of all parties involved).
  • A map of the world regions where polygamy is a common form of family structure.

• Subcultures

  • Within Mormon culture, there may be yet more subcultures (or sub-subcultures), such as those who continue to practice polygamy.

• Families and Inequality

  • Examples include widows who stand to lose a pension if they remarry and so undergo a marriage only in the eyes of God and the community; lesbian, gay and bisexual couples with same-sex partners (where same-sex marriage is not legally recognized); some sects which recognize polygamy (see, Mormon fundamentalism), retired couples who would lose pension benefits if legally married, Muslim men who wish to engage in polygamy that is condoned in some situations under Islam, polyamorous couples and groups that seek ceremonial celebration of commitment (where polyamory is not legally recognized), and immigrants who do not wish to alert the immigration authorities that they are married either to a spouse they are leaving behind or because the complexity of immigration laws may make it difficult for spouses to visit on a tourist visa.

• The Free Exercise Clause: Freedom of Religion

  • United States, as related to the prosecution of polygamy under federal law.

• Fon

  • The culture is patrilineal and allows polygamy and divorce.

• Administration of the Inca Empire

  • Some of the privileges kurakas enjoyed included: exemption from taxation, the right to ride in a litter, and the freedom to practice polygamy.

• The Mormons

  • Between 1852 and 1890, many Mormons openly practiced plural marriage, a form of religious polygamy.

• New Developments in Families