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Polygamy is the practice of having multiple spouses at the same time. It is frequently used to refer specifically to a man having multiple wives, though that practice is more accurately called polygyny.

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Resources in This Category

• Anti-Polygamy.org

  http://www.anti-polygamy.org/
  Refuting arguments commonly used against polygamy. Showing the unjustness of stereotyping polygamists as being in cults, abusive, and other.

• Cultural Practices in Conflict with Canadian Law

  http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/canadian/canada/justice/ethnocultural-groups/ecg-003-00.html
  Recognizing existing polygamous marriages of immigrants and providing spouses with the benefits and entitlements normally available to spouses defined by Canadian law is an outstanding issue.

• Kinship and Social Organization

  http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/kinmenu.html
  Features articles and outlines of marriage customs among different societies, which also include information about polygyny.

• Montesquieu: The Spirit of Laws

  http://www.constitution.org/cm/sol_16.htm#004
  Article explaining that the law of polygamy is an affair that depends on calculation.

• On the Economics of Polygyny

  http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/Evolution/polygyny3.pdf
  Unpublished paper from Ted Bergstrom exploring the prevalence and viability of polygamy in various societies.

• Polygamy

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy
  Types of Polygamy, Polygamy Worldwide, Patterns of Occurrence, Polygamy and Religion, Legal Situation, and The Case of Mormonism.

• Polygamy at Beliefnet

  http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset.asp?pageLoc=/story/66/story_6652_1.html&boardID=11173
  Articles and opinions on polygamy. Registered users can share their personal thoughts about the issue.

• Polygamy: Another Lovestyle

  http://www.context.org/iclib/ic10/anapol/
  Intellectual article by Deborah Anapol about polygamy and monogamy.

• Polygyny Is Already A Practice

  http://www.theperspective.org/polygyny.html
  Article about polygamy in Africa, before and after the arrival of the colonizers and Christianity.

• Pro-Polygamy.com

  http://www.pro-polygamy.com/
  Provides the media and others with op-eds, press releases and articles from the pro-polygamy view. Gives email-alerts and offers access to a polygamy advocate to interview.

• Query On Reasons For Polygamy

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/158.html
  A student's query regarding the differing interpretations for the cultural reasons for polygyny.

• The Economics of Love and Marriage

  http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_Chapter_21/PThy_Chap_21.html
  Professor David Friedman's essay exploring economic issues affecting polygamy.

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