Polygamy, a practice where one man is married to multiple women, has existed for centuries across cultures. While it may be seen as a cultural norm in some societies, the experience of women in ...
In contrast, resource-defense polygamy, where one sex — usually but not always the male — guards territories to attract mates, is highly unstable and often reverts to monogamy. “This ...
Even in the United States, where polygamy is illegal, there are an estimated 50,000 people living in polygamy, the vast majority of them “Mormon fundamentalists”—a contentious term ...
A 28-year-old Muslim woman's petition to a court, seeking to prevent her husband from taking another wife without her written consent, has put the spotlight on the practice of polygamy among ...