From: sixtine	Date: November 24th, 2005 07:27 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Well That's Lucky!

or not! I like to think more of myself as 'monogamous with an open mind'.

Your Ideal Relationship is Polyamory

You want to have your cake... and everyone else's. Which isn't a bad thing, if everyone else gets to eat too! You're too much of a free spirit to be tied down by a traditional relationship. You think relationships should be open and free, with few restrictions.

From: ikkleblacktruck	Date: November 24th, 2005 10:22 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Well That's Lucky!

Well actually I've always fancied having my own group of select males, but I'm afraid that's going to have to stay firmly embedded in fantasy. Shame.

	From: kneeshooter	Date: November 24th, 2005 10:26 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Well That's Lucky!

Did you see the article on BBC News Online this morning about polyandry in Nepal?

From: ikkleblacktruck	Date: November 24th, 2005 11:08 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Well That's Lucky!

I missed that, will go look :)

From: ikkleblacktruck	Date: November 24th, 2005 11:12 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Well That's Lucky!

Cool :) Can't say I fancy Nepal though. Is there a proper word for the male version of a harem?

From: curlwomble	Date: November 24th, 2005 01:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Well That's Lucky!

I read that article and wondered "What about the women who don't get husbands?" Not because they should have husbands or anything, but in a society where marriage is the norm, what role do the spinsters play? It makes no evolutionary-competitive sense to heap the reproductive burden onto one woman. Unless as a means of population control, I suppose; the population will grow far more slowly with only 1/2-1/4 (roughly, estimated from the numbers mentioned in that article only) as many women (effectively, only one per prior-generation-mother) having children as ther would be in a predominantly monogamous society. I have a feeling that the arrangement virtually guarantees a very stable population with a preponderance of (labour-optimised) males (great for recruiting Gurkhas).

But what is the fate of the single woman? Or do they take the Chinese Option?