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    The pain and suffering of children in polygamy

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    population this concept is obscene and offensive. Stories about people forced against their will to marry and fanatic sex cults scare and repulse us. So when this topic is brought up it is no wonder why a majority of people initially dismiss it. Society as a whole is often only told stories about polygamy and not of polyamory. Although both ideologies stem from the concept of having multiple partners they are vastly different. Polygamy focuses almost entirely on the concept of possession and marriage a man

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    Polygamy is a very controlling‚ as well as abusive relationship that children should not be brought up in. Polygamy is very likely to be a discriminative relationship where one person in the relationship (almost always the man) dominates over the other members (almost always the women). This may sound very open‚ as well as tolerant‚ to think all members of a polygamous marriage would be 100% willing and not at all disadvantaged‚ but that’s pretty much ignoring that the history of polygamy is tied

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    Many in today’s society do not agree with the idea of polygamy‚ but 2‚500 years ago polygamy was a found in most places all over the world. Although older day polygamy and modern day polygamy have many similarities‚ places and religions that accept polygamy‚ restrictions and the types of polygamy have changed over the years. Polygamy is the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Polygamy dates back to a long time ago‚ since this has been practiced for

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    Sexuality and Marriage in Culture: Polygamy‚ Monogamy‚ and Inequality Abstract: Culture and society heavily impact one ’s views on sexual relations and marriage. In this essay‚ societal views on polygamy‚ monogamy‚ and same-sex marriage is discussed with light criticism and personal view. Introduction The topic of choice can be discussed anywhere in the world and still generate entirely different views: is polygamy‚ monogamy‚ or same-sex marriage right? Many will argue polygyny is a

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    History supported the act of polygamy in early Mormonism that caused women to be labeled as merchandise by their ability to reproduce and household abilities. This act of polygamy was important to American religious history because it caused the government to create anti-polygamy laws to protect Mormon women. The founder of the Mormon church‚ Joseph Smith‚ experienced a powerful experience with God‚ he told Joseph to practice polygamy. God explained the reason for polygamy was to procreate and expand

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    Polygamy in the United States: The Political Controversy about What Is Acceptable in Today’s Modern Practices For many years‚ there have been arguments as to whether or not Polygamist practices should be allowed in the United States. In 1862‚ the United States Congress passed a law that forbid “polygyny”‚ a form of polygamy in which men are married to multiple women partners. However‚ many Mormon groups still practiced this illegally until their church banned it in 1890. Although the law put

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    Amy Hubbard Prof. Bertrand Expository Writing 101 14 November 2013 One Wife‚ Two Wife‚ Three Wife‚ More? Should Polygamy be Acceptable in Today’s Society? In today’s society‚ we have a variety of family dynamics. Who is to say what is normal? Although there are laws to abide by‚ those laws do not always fit how a family defines itself. We think of a typical family as having one father‚ one mother‚ and perhaps a couple of children‚ but now we are coming to terms with more alternative lifestyles

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    Law-I Project on:- POLYGAMY UNDER MUSLIM LAW Submitted To: Mr. Shaiwal Satyarthi (Faculty for Family Law) Submitted By: Sonakshi 2nd Year‚ 3rd Semester. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The present project on the “POLYGAMY UNDER MUSLIM LAW” has been able to

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    uncommon for teachers to ask their students to “dig deeper” into the text that they are reading. In fact‚ every high school English course that I took part in involved interpreting the texts the way that I saw it. After reading Poetics by Aristotle and Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag‚ I now realize that it is not always important to find the hidden meaning of texts. As a student‚ it is necessary to look closely at the texts‚ however it is not always necessary to find incantations while interpreting

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