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Originally Posted by Itse
First of all, it's not like exploitation of women and young girls, and sexual abuse are gone without polygamy
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Not eliminating a crime entirely is definitely not a good reason to go without law. Meh people still murder so why bother charging anybody with it.
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More importantly though, when people are considering the possibilities of legalizing polygamy these days, it's without exception for both genders, which immediately changes the power dynamic
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Yet only one gender does it so there is an even greater power imbalance. Polyandry is exceptionally rare. You have to go to other parts of the world and times in history to find more than an occasional example of it.
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There are also now laws protecting women from sexual abuse even in marriage and laws prohibiting marrying minors. There are also social norms prohibiting sexual relationships in situations of inbalanced power (such as sex between a teacher and a student) and shunning huge age differences in relationships
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Right. And these are important. It's not just creepy to marry your sibling, it's dangerous. Polygamy is no different. It's weird but it's also detrimental to society.
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First of all, let's remember that polygamy is simply about the legal situations. People are already perfectly free to live an essentially polygamous life if they can find people to do it with.
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Totally wrong. The whole reason polygamy exists is because people are not free to have relations with whoever they want. God needs you to be married so religious people need to get married to accomplish what you say people can do for free.
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What legal marriage brings into the equation is mostly a lot of rights to both parties and essentially stability. Stability is generally considered good for children.
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In what world is 142 siblings, 23 mothers and one father stable?