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From: cheryl@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (cheryl)
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Subject: Re: Supreme Court Ruling on Sodomy (really bigamy)
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Date: Mon, 28-Jul-86 15:53:03 EDT
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In article <930@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> vis@trillian.UUCP (Tom Courtney) writes:
>In article <1561@ihlpa.UUCP> strickln@ihlpa.UUCP (Stephen D. Stricklen) writes:

>>> On a slightly different but similar topic,  what about the laws agains
>>> polygamy?  In what way does polygamy threaten our society that it is 
>>> dangerous enough to be outlawed?
>>> - E. Eades
>>
>>An interesting point, and I thought about this for a while.  My guess is the
>>laws were set down to protect women in a time when it was easier for men to
>>take advantage of them.  
>
>I find it interesting that most people mean "multiple wives" by polygamy, and
>that the notion of "multiple husbands" is much rarer. I wonder what causes
>this?

In Tibet, Polyandry was practiced because property is passed down 
through the women.  They can have as many husbands as they want.  
In some areas, the rule was that when a woman married, she also got 
*all* of his brothers in the bargain.  (A bride for seven brothers!)  

Cheryl