Why laws against polygamy??

[Ghost14]

Re: Why laws against polygamy??

@Theorist

It’s not an assumption. It’s been tried since the dawn of time and is the only efficient enough system that works for mankind. Do care to show me a formal study case where this has been proven false. Polygamy is outlawed for the same reason other crimes are outlawed, it hurts people EMOTIONALLY and leads to physical violence in many cases.

Look at the reasons why polygamy was outlawed around the world. They’re usually political in nature.

Tried since the dawn of time? Really? The time that societies have been dominantly monogamous is a blip on the history of the human race. The only efficiency that nature cares about is the propagation of the race, i.e. the strongest genes survive. Polygamy serves this best. The benefit of monogamy is that it reduces sexual competition among males. That said, I don’t understand why it’s illegal. The Mormons in America basically gave up their right to practice polygamy in exchange for becoming a state.

@Theorist

What does believing in polygamy mean anyway? I believe we are polygamous by nature too. Not only that we are also violent by nature yet violence is not acceptable in any society for it to function properly and prosper, why should polygamy be treated any differently? Polygamy hurts people as much as physical violence does. Emotional health of human beings is just as important.

It means that you don’t view polygamy is something that’s morally wrong. I should add that I think polygamy is strange but I recognize that I think that way, probably because I’ve been raised in a monogamous society. You’re only assuming that polygamy hurts people. You and I think that it would (hurt people) because, again, polygamy is a foreign concept to us. Again, my point is that people willingly engaged in polygamy, and some still do, so how do we know it’s harmful?

It was made illegal for political and religious reasons. There was no greater motive except, perhaps, for reducing competition between males.

@Theorist

We defy nature in many ways, polygamy is just one example. And let’s not forget, polygamy tends to play in men’s favor more than women simply because we are the weaker sex and easily controlled. So if we legalize it, women are likely to become victims of it more than men.

Once again, we defy polygamy for reasons that have no real moral or logical basis. It favours men because of nature, so what? That’s a moot point.