Re: OT: Mormons (was Re: Survey)

Just remember that most polygamist societies require the man involved to
care for the physical and moral needs of ALL the wives and children (in
some, they even require that the current wives accept any new ones, or that
all wives and children be treated equally).  Trying to remember 3 different
anniversaries, birthdays, etc., AND paying for the upkeep of three
households, ought to make almost anyone think twice about the practice.
Even at it's height, only a minority of LDS church members ever dared
attempt it.  Marriage to one person is hard enough.

This hasn't stopped me from creating a funky plural marriage society of my
own, of course.  There, though, it's the women who have multiple husbands
with multiple households and such.  Each woman is like the head of her own
little fiefdom, answerable only to her mother, grandmothers, etc., straight
up to the matriarch of the clan (the clans cooperate with one another).
People are always trying to steal husbands and stuff.  Very Machiavellian
and twisted, difficult kind of life to live.  I created the society when I
was in a bad mood, haven't thought about creating a language for them yet.
Of course, the lower ranks of society don't have the energy or resources for
plural marriage, so in their worldview it's the height of decadence and
sinfulness... one advantage for the women in a plural marriage with multiple
men is that the woman can basically award fatherhood to whichever male she
likes best.  Like I said, very twisted and probably a handy illustration of
why it's really polygany (multiple wives) that's been practiced
everywhere...

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
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> Behalf Of Danny Wier
> marriages. Still, I'm about to get married, and I don't imagine myself
> tossing around two or more "old ladies"...)
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