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Originally Posted by peter12
As for where I stand, polygamy is a crime against women. It may not have direct effects, but I believe that it does stand as a sign of long-term social degradation.
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Well polygamy doesn't have to be one man with many women, there are instances of the reverse in society.
But what makes you say this? Do you have any support for that view?
If someone uses their marriage to control their wife does that mean marriage is a crime against women too?
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Originally Posted by peter12
However, the vast majority of polygamous relationships, certainly in the case of Blackmore, are strictly about power and harem-building. They are intrinsically unequal in regards to women who are treated, essentially, as property.
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Can you demonstrate that's in fact the case for the vast majority of polygamous relationships?
If the problem is power and harem-building and women as property, then polygamy is an effect not a cause.