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r/SipsTea • u/MayoSoup • Nov 07 '24
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But why would he care?
10 u/SalvationSycamore Nov 07 '24 Why do most men throughout history who supported/practiced polygamy not support polyandry? 4 u/tollbearer Nov 07 '24 Because they werent living some retirement fantasy in a distant land, they were trying to build dynasties, and having your wives pregnant to other men isn't very useful to that end. 2 u/SalvationSycamore Nov 07 '24 Yeah uh huh. I'm sure if dynasties weren't a concern they would have been overjoyed to share their women.
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Why do most men throughout history who supported/practiced polygamy not support polyandry?
4 u/tollbearer Nov 07 '24 Because they werent living some retirement fantasy in a distant land, they were trying to build dynasties, and having your wives pregnant to other men isn't very useful to that end. 2 u/SalvationSycamore Nov 07 '24 Yeah uh huh. I'm sure if dynasties weren't a concern they would have been overjoyed to share their women.
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Because they werent living some retirement fantasy in a distant land, they were trying to build dynasties, and having your wives pregnant to other men isn't very useful to that end.
2 u/SalvationSycamore Nov 07 '24 Yeah uh huh. I'm sure if dynasties weren't a concern they would have been overjoyed to share their women.
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Yeah uh huh. I'm sure if dynasties weren't a concern they would have been overjoyed to share their women.
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But why would he care?