One of the basic assumptions of Western culture is that monogamy is superior to polygamy and polyamory as a relationship form. A recent article by psychologists at the University of Michigan found no evidence for these assumptions. The article “A Critical Examination of Popular Assumptions about the Benefits and Outcomes of Monogamous Relationships” concludes from …read more
The renowned egyptian journalist Manal Abdel Aziz of the Egyptian Gazette calls on Al-Azhar University to resist Islamists tricks on Polygyny. According to an article by Manal Abdel Aziz titled “Polygamy is not the solution” the current Islamist dominated government tries to make polygamy in the form of polygyny, which is allowed by Islam, popular in Egypt …read more
After a two week holiday break publication resumes today on Viktor Leberecht.com. My english readers were kept a bit short of new articles by me. As explained in a former article I was first kept from publishing by falling sick with a cold and a lumbago. Probably both were the result not only of cold …read more
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
One of the most important articles why marriage is a human rights issue was written by Jonathan Turley, describing the legal arguments for the legalization of polygamy. Turley is a law professor at George Washington University and lead counsel for Kody Brown and his family in their lawsuit against the prohibition of polygamy in Utah. The …read more
When a book like Sex at Dawn 1 by Christopher Ryan (PhD) and his wife Cacilda Jethá (MD), becomes a New York Times bestseller, gets praised as “most important book about human sexuality since Kinsey” and is showered with awards around the world, that is already some indication that it might be worth reading. If …read more
Just now, on the way home, suddenly a woman, a complete stranger, approached me and said, “I think it’s very good what you are doing.” She had seen my appearance on TV at Roche and Böhmermann and read some articles on my website. In our subsequent short conversation, she told me that she was studying …read more
