polygyny

Polygyny is considered an economic advantage in many rural areas.

Historically, all three practices have been found, but polygyny is by far the most common.

Polygyny - The marriage of one husband to several wives.

The story concludes with everyone accepting the situation of polygyny and living together.

Unlike polygyny, both men and women can have multiple partners.

But that too is not the issue in polygyny.

Many countries today either outlaw the practice of polygyny or place restrictions on it.

Turkey was the first country to legally ban polygyny in 1926.

Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny.

Islamic polygyny has also appeared as a controversial issue in films.

However, this correlation is masked by a general polygyny factor.

Polygyny traditionally has been allowed, but it is rare, because few men can afford a second wife.

Polygyny is less prevalent in societies where more women are literate.

There is a practice of polygyny although a small percentage of men actually have more than one wife.

Polygyny is associated with an increased sharing of subsistence provided by women.

In most of the following examples, polygamy only refers to polygyny.

Most modern Muslims view the practice of polygyny as allowed, but unusual and not recommended.

In both stories polygyny is a solution to domestic disharmony.

The higher the average polygyny rate, the greater the element of gerontocracy.

These findings are consistent with the polygyny threshold model, which is depicted at the left.

It is much rarer than polygyny; but some examples do exist.

The form of mating where one male has sexual relations with many females is called polygyny.

They argued that misogyny is a better explanation than polygyny.

When males of a species are much larger than females, polygyny is usually practiced.

There, the family law courts provide legal protection for polygyny or polyandry.