The article Holy Quran Allows polygamy, not encourages it: court in Indian Express dated 1 January 2013 seems worth reading. Particularly in light of the poor state of women in India. The court ruled in a case of forced marriage, that Quran allows polygamy in Islam, but does not encourage it. Notice: This article is …read more
Alan Posener and the rather conservative german newspaper “Die Welt” have gone one step further on the subject of legalization of polygamy with an article actually pleading “Polygamy should be allowed in Germany“. The article appeared on 18th September 2012 in the online edition of “Die Welt”. The discussion posts are worth reading (if you …read more
There is a debate: Do women find polygamy beneficial? going on – i think one can still take part – on Debate.org. The surprising (?) result so far: 52% say: yes. The opponents mostly think polygamy always means one man with many women. There is still a lot of work to do to clear up …read more
In an article in the online edition of the “Welt” of 11th September 2012, 17.28 pm, the author Alan Posener asks: What’s so bad about polygamy? As explanation for readers not from Germany: this is a little bit of a sensation, as the “Welt” is a rather conservative newspaper made by the Axel Springer Company, …read more
Recently i was asked on a discussion-forum if Polygamy in the form of Polygyny would not lead to few rich or attractive men taking a lot of the women and the rest of the men being left without women. There is even something like a legend that it would lead to the single men forming …read more
Polygamy could be part of the solution to the problems reported in the article “Female, Educated, can´t find a Partner” 1 in the german weekly newspaper “ZEIT”. It is interesting for international readers, as the situation of women in Germany has a lot of similarities to that of women in other countries with a modern …read more
The award-winning study “A survey of non-classical polyandry” by Katie Starkweather and her co-author Raymond Hames shows that polyandry can be found in more societies as previously thought. It occurs worldwide and is mainly found in egalitarian societies. According to her results Starkweather maintains that “polyandry likely existed during early human history and should be …read more
