University of London. The second author is grateful to the financial support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Award No. 410-87-0704). We are also thankful to the helpful comments of the three referees. FACTORS ON POLYGAMY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FINDINGS BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS YASUKO HAYASE KAO-LEE LIAW I. INTRODUCTION OLYGAMY in sub-Saharan Africa is not only a type of marriage but also a value system. Its prevalence as a type of marriage
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Polygamy is a Greek word that means the practice of multiple marriages. Polygamy was considered to fulfill men’s desires on the grounds of strong cultural considerations. Nowadays‚ Polygamy is considered in Islamic countries and some rural areas around the word. However‚ it was difficult to provide statistics on the issue of polygamy because of the lack of communication. The man can marry up to four wives. Each wife constitutes a separate household with the husband visiting his wives in turn. Human
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in imagination‚ but in the form of marriage known as polygamy. Found in almost every country‚ including the United States‚ the practice is considered a right to a select few and a bane to the majority of others. Polygamy is a way of life that should not be allowed in society due to the fact that it creates male-dominated marriages‚ forces women into subordinate roles‚ and produces unworkable families full of strife‚ abuse and incest. Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a person has more than
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women outnumbered men at all ages because of the hunting practices resulting in high mortality rates among men. With the surplus of women‚ sexual selection in terms of skin color became less prominent. In the European nations‚ the prevalence of polygamy also decreased because of the emergence of Christianity which prohibited multiple-marriages (Frost‚ 2006). Thus‚ as time passed‚ color became less significant in marriage
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In today’s developing world‚ it is common for people to desire more than one spouse. It is difficult to commit to just one person; therefore the divorce rate is increasing every day. Polygamy is when a person marries more than one spouse. Polygyny applies to a man having multiple wives and polyandry is when a woman has more than one husband at a time. In most cases it is the men who have multiple spouses rather than women. The question remains whether this should be legalized or not. Having more
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monogamy may not be. More and more people are leaning towards the ideal of polygamy in hopes of a better chance at saving their relationships/marriages and living happier honest lives. In the near future polygamy may be accepted as “the norm” as more people began to experience this lifestyle change. It is possible that therapist may even begin to suggest this to their patients as a remedy in savings marriages. However‚ polygamy is still a very controversial subject especially among married couples
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cultural relativism of "polygamy". Based on Merriam-Webster Dictionary polygamy is a marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time. A cultural relativist living in Non-Moslem countries would be against in "polygamy"; while cultural relativist on the Moslem countries would be legally acceptable by their culture. When a society deems that this is right‚ it will be accepted within the society. Using my earlier example about "polygamy" and the following disapproval
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Polygamy In todays society the idea of Polygamy is looked down upon. Polygamy is the act when a person has one or more spouses. Three objections that might be made are; first‚ Bentham’s utilitarian view‚ which says all people should maximize good/ pleasures‚ second‚ based on the Intuitionism view that says there is no “one” principle‚ and third‚ Russell’s utilitarian view that polygamy is nature. In this paper I will use a Virtue Ethics theory to defend the view that Polygamy is morally impermissible
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POLYGAMY IN IGBO CULTURE In the whole world‚ there are five continents. Africa is the world’s second largest continent‚ with 80 percent of its area in the tropics. Africa is usually portrayed as a dark continent historically and physically isolated from the rest of the world but it is not. Nigeria is one of the most important country in Africa. It is located in western Africa‚ bordering the gulf of Guinea between Benin and
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HER Just like that I let him leave. I listened to the steadily fading sound of his car as he drove away. The motor grew fainter and fainter until it was finally drowned out by the children’s voices. At moments like that I felt that he accepted the freedom I had given him with too obvious relief. For a while now he could live without demands from his fussy children and his immature wife. I knew his routine so well. As he came to the bend in the road past our house he would look back at the ten
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