Polygamy

[Draconalis]

If I recall correctly, the theory is that the appendix handled the bacteria needed to help fight against and digest foods that were raw, and otherwise not really on our palette anymore... thanks to society.

 

[TheLaofKazi]

It's for silly religious and moral reasons and not-so-silly legal reasons.

Really, I don't care if it's legal or not, as I don't plan on getting married in any form. I don't feel the need for the government to legally recognize my relationships with people.

 

[SoulSalmon]

Both my girls came to me of their own free will. They choose to belong to me, to be my property yes. However, our lifestyle is not just a bedroom thing, its something we do in our lives as a whole, they never stop being my slaves, unless they opt to leave.

If you're going to lie on a forum, at least try to lie convincingly.

Because NO-ONE on the ENTIRE forum could POSSIBLY be a dom >.>

This is a gaming forum.

Be realistic.

Oh right, I forgot that people who play videogames aren't allowed to have a sex life.
Please forgive me, oh high and mighty ruler of stereotype-land.

 

[SillyBear]

In Australian law, I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Considering most people here get married at a Christian (Catholic of you want to be pedantic) church, the priests there probably wouldn't allow it.
Not sure why it's illegal, but I think most people would be offended/jealous if their partner was sharing their love with someone else.

Australia actually recognizes the polygamy of other countries. You can't get married to multiple people IN Australia, but if you already have many wives and move to Australia, you're good to go. (This thread has taught me much)

Which begs the question... what happens when someone like that moves to a location where it's not recognized... do they have to pick one as their wife and the others no longer have legal ties?

My partner is Australian, and from my understanding, whilst polygamous marriages are recognised, they aren't counted as "marriages". So if a Saudi Arabian man comes to Australia with his six wives, the wife he married first will be counted as his "wife" and the other five will be "defacto" spouses. It's a weird system, but I do like the fact they recognise it.

 

[keideki]

So... There are people in the world that can, and do share love among groups. There are married couples with open relationships because they understand the difference between love and lust.

There are groups of people that love each other as a couple would? Triples, if you will. (I need to TM that word!)

Something I've never really understood, and no one has ever given me a satisfying answer too...

Why is Polygamy (Having multiple marriage partners) illegal? (Strictly US, I don't know the stance on other countries)

Is it purely a prudish religion thing? (The answer I most often get, but NEVER satisfies me... ever) Or is there actual legal backing behind it?

Edit:

And of course, the word I really mean is whichever covers both genders, as "Polygamy" is 1 man, multiple wives.

Woman can have as many lazy useless husbands as they would like as well. I didn't mean to imply it was only right in the reverse.

Edit x2:

As I've been corrected multiple times, Polygamy IS the right word for both genders. So... yay me and I should never doubt myself?

Actually... polygamy generally refers only to 1 man multiple wives. polyandry refers to having multiple husbands and as far as I know is only practiced in certain places in Tibet. The reason being so that families with multiple sons won't have to divide the family farm up, so generally you wind up with a series of brothers married to one woman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy

OT:

I don't see anything wrong with polygamy or polyandry as long as everyone is consenting and of legal age. It mainly gets a bad rap from 43 year old men marrying 3 or 4 13 year old girls kinda thing.

As a closing thought, I believe the Chinese character for trouble is made up of the radicals of 3 women under a roof, although that might be an older form of it.

 

[Orange Monkey]

Watch ''Big Love''

As for me, I have nothing against it, and if i found myself in such a situation I would try to embrace it, love should be free in all it's forms. I imagine it could lead to some awkward social scenarios but I've always firmly believed that you can't label love.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Both my girls came to me of their own free will. They choose to belong to me, to be my property yes. However, our lifestyle is not just a bedroom thing, its something we do in our lives as a whole, they never stop being my slaves, unless they opt to leave.

If you're going to lie on a forum, at least try to lie convincingly.

Because NO-ONE on the ENTIRE forum could POSSIBLY be a dom >.>

This is a gaming forum.

Be realistic.

Oh right, I forgot that people who play videogames aren't allowed to have a sex life.
Please forgive me, oh high and mighty ruler of stereotype-land.

Hail to the king, baby.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Both my girls came to me of their own free will. They choose to belong to me, to be my property yes. However, our lifestyle is not just a bedroom thing, its something we do in our lives as a whole, they never stop being my slaves, unless they opt to leave.

If you're going to lie on a forum, at least try to lie convincingly.

Because NO-ONE on the ENTIRE forum could POSSIBLY be a dom >.>

This is a gaming forum.

Be realistic.

Oh right, I forgot that people who play videogames aren't allowed to have a sex life.
Please forgive me, oh high and mighty ruler of stereotype-land.

Hail to the king, baby.

I've been trying to figure out if you were serious or kidding at thinking gamers couldn't be doms who had girls interested in them. I can't figure out if you are a good straight man or you really think everyone is the whiny submissive socially inept introvert that fits the gamer sterotype.

I'm half joking, he might not be lying. But it seems very, very unlikely to me. For starters, people lie on forums all the time, especially about this kind of thing. What's more, the situation itself seems a pretty rare occurance anyway, and although the gamer stereotype isn't completely true, it's still pretty common for users on here.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Free marrige rights for all!

If a group of consenting adults agree to be in one marital state then it's all right with me and it should be all right for everyone else.

 

[Rblade]

my only opinion on it is, if you don't feel like you can limit yourself to 1 person you shouldn't settle down with one.... I mean really that makes perfect sense right. Don't marry if you want to hang out with more people cause devoting your life to the person is kind of what marriage is about. Thats like joining the fan club of every sports club in the country, you could.. but it doesn't make any sense

and if you want children? suck it up because having a flock of moms and dads is something you wouldn't which upon the child of your worst enemy. Managing spending time and keeping happy after divorce is already terrible enough

 

[Rblade]

and you don't think the point. "who likes who best" won't come up at some point? maby for a rare select group of people but in general everyone is going to get that voice in the back of their head saying things along the line of: "She like him better, and I'm not cool with that."

henche my point, you can't claim to love several people the most, thats kind of wrapped into the principal of the word "most"

I don't mind people living together at all, but I think your inviting problems.

The only people now living in groups that I know off is one hermit living with 3 or 4 wives and dominant men that "claim" wives harem style (living together into old age that is). So I just fear that over time most of trully equal relationships will end up into at least 1 person in the group demanding a choice of commitment. After the trill of it all wears off with age and "loving" becomes part of the equation

 

[Draconalis]

After reading what alot of people have been saying, I'm not so sure about that

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

Now at no point have I been arguing that the psyche DOES NOT play a role in sexuality, i have simply been arguing that biology plays the major role and the mind does not have the power to usurp it

Okay, that's all I needed to know that you're not well versed in the scientific studies at all.

No scientist has yet to be able to prove that biology always trumps over enviromental factors (like you claim). Indeed, no scientist has been able to prove that the tabula rasa-argument is accurate either.

The truth of the matter is that science just DOESN'T KNOW YET, what determines our personality or sexuality because the system being studied is just far too complex.

And if you claim otherwise, then you're just talking out of your ass. It doesn't matter what studies you link to that might show some far fetched kind of support to the SUSPICION that biology might be the ultimate factor that governs personality and sexuality, because no one has been able to fully prove that to be the case yet.

Your intepretation of studies you bring up is simply too flawed...

 

[vesago]

why do people keep downing polygamy because what if mutiple consenting adults can find love in mutiple and only each other so they see each other as "the one(s)" the polygamists on the inside looking out they just wish to accepted and from the outside looking in the polygamists are spawning satan bacause it's not in a non-traditional home (I have somthing to say on that belief too but thats for another day)
long story short... let people be themselves

 

[BrassButtons]

and you don't think the point. "who likes who best" won't come up at some point? maby for a rare select group of people but in general everyone is going to get that voice in the back of their head saying things along the line of: "She like him better, and I'm not cool with that."

People who have a jealous streak aren't likely to be interested in a poly relationship. These are people who PREFER being in relationships with more than one other person. You can't view a poly relationship through the lens of what it would be like for a monogamous person in that situation, any more than you can view a gay relationship through the lens of how a straight person would feel in that situation.

 

[BRex21]

Now at no point have I been arguing that the psyche DOES NOT play a role in sexuality, i have simply been arguing that biology plays the major role and the mind does not have the power to usurp it

Okay, that's all I needed to know that you're not well versed in the scientific studies at all.

Coming from You i can only take this as a compliment

No scientist has yet to be able to prove that biology always trumps over enviromental factors (like you claim). Indeed, no scientist has been able to prove that the tabula rasa-argument is accurate either.

I don't believe i ever did say this. Simply that there is a very strong argument that physiology and genetics play a very large role in who we are. You can't will yourself to be gay or only be attracted to stocky Hispanic women any more than you can will changes to your body. Regardless of your belief in them or not, there is a growing body of evidence, including tests similar to IQ tests that can detect your nationality and gender, that shows general intelligence and proficiency in certain fields has a genetic component. For all your arguing that these things are the result of our "abstract" mind, we observe much of the same behaviours, like homosexuality, in animals.

The truth of the matter is that science just DOESN'T KNOW YET, what determines our personality or sexuality because the system being studied is just far too complex.

I can only assume that what you call "science" is a bunch of guys in lab coats going "DUH DUH DUH we don't know anything" until somehow miraculously science happens and we all suddenly know something new. The field of Cognitive neuroscience is massive and has been studied for decades, and it includes animal models, the concept that we cant understand it cuz its just too darned hard does not fly. The simple matter is that there are a good number of functional, compatible theories towards genetic and parental hormone exposure and nothing with any merit showing environmental or learned effects on sexual orientation.

Your intepretation of studies you bring up is simply too flawed...

Than say something that counters it, your two big guns here appear to be the ability to say Nuh-Uh belligerently and an inability to spell (seriously beneficient, if your gonna bust out the GRE words you might as well spell them right). You have yet to show anything that could imply we AREN'T built to best survive in an environment with multiple partners or any valid reason as to why the study could be flawed, you are simply whining.

 

[jimClassic]

I don't know much about the legal mumbo jumbo about polygamy. But to each their own. I don't think I could be fully committed to more than one woman, but she and I have talked about adding another girl to our fun, but we've never actually followed through.

I believe its mostly for law purposes, as in, who is legally married to who and all that crap.

Personally, i have two slave girls, and a girlfriend, and im always looking for another slave so, im a polygamist

If I could; I would give you a high five.

 

[TheLaofKazi]

and you don't think the point. "who likes who best" won't come up at some point? maby for a rare select group of people but in general everyone is going to get that voice in the back of their head saying things along the line of: "She like him better, and I'm not cool with that."

henche my point, you can't claim to love several people the most, thats kind of wrapped into the principal of the word "most"

I don't mind people living together at all, but I think your inviting problems.

The only people now living in groups that I know off is one hermit living with 3 or 4 wives and dominant men that "claim" wives harem style (living together into old age that is). So I just fear that over time most of trully equal relationships will end up into at least 1 person in the group demanding a choice of commitment. After the trill of it all wears off with age and "loving" becomes part of the equation

I suggest you do some reading on polyamory:

http://www.xeromag.com/fvpoly.html

 

[ckam]

I think there's the "everyone could be married to everyone" argument.

Other than that, I do support the idea of harems. Like the harem anime kind of stuff where love is genuine for everyone and the group is completely happy.

 

[Draconalis]

I think there's the "everyone could be married to everyone" argument.

Eh... If that happened, we would all become one huge happy family and fighting would stop forever.

Polygamy could bring about world peace