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Are you willing to enter into a polygamous relationship?

Are you willing to enter into a polygamous relationship?

  • Yes, I'm willing to become one of many wives to one man

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • Yes, I'm willing to become one of many husbands to one woman

    Votes: 4 5.8%
  • Yes, I'm willing to become one of the many to many. (whatever sex)

    Votes: 5 7.2%
  • No.

    Votes: 58 84.1%

  • Total voters
    69
You see all those cats out in the neighborhood in yards and stuff? Those are outdoor cats. And yes, it's far more the standard to have them outdoors here.
 
Well, it may not work for you, but I've known people that it does work for. I can't say much more than that as I haven't experienced it myself, but I don't think you can just discount it out of hand like that.

Really? You know people who are in a polygamous marriage? You are sure they aren't just in an open marriage? What's the arrangement? How many on how many?

I don't know them really anymore, but a couple years ago, I did know someone who lived with her husband and another man. I don't know the legalities of it all, but it seemed to work for them.
 
It is uncommon to have indoor cats in Australia. I've been lectured by americans about how cruel it is to let them roam free, this is from people who declaw them, a practice we don't have here. They love being outside.


In our defense as Americans we are led to believe that there are baby-eating dingos on every single street-corner in Australia.;)
 
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Sometimes I think this idea is a nice theory that people grok if they have not yet lived in a relationship long term. As in LIVED with someone full time. People think OH.. lots of LOVE of course that is good.. and sex, yay, and freedom, I like freedom and other people having freedom.. so yeah, this sounds cool. I could get behind it.

But actually being married and living with several people at once, making major decisions about money and lifestyle and children as a committee, delegating chores and responsibilities, taking on several other people's personal problems and issues because that's what you do when are married.. that's a lot of potential headache. It doesn't sound like freedom to me, it sounds like a lot of work.
It takes a village to make a marriage.

It is uncommon to have indoor cats in Australia. I've been lectured by americans about how cruel it is to let them roam free, this is from people who declaw them, a practice we don't have here. They love being outside.
I only know a couple of people who confine their cats, and they are generally scolded by others.
 
My current understanding is that no person would ever willingly enter into polygamy because it demeans one gender or another (typically, it's the females who are demeaned.)

But people do enter into it, so that makes no sense. They can't all be forced into it, somebody has to instigate it for a start.
 
I like how people are against it because a) they are the jealous type or b) they are monogamous out of principle/because they can't imagine how it would work.

Indoctrination works.
 
No, I wouldn't be willing.

Polygamy is multiple marriages - there's also polyamory (however much I might not like the word itself) which is open relationships between many people.

Do you mean polygamy which is against the law or polyamory which isn't.

No, I mean polygamy, the kind that is against the law. But ignoring the legal aspect for the sake of the poll.

When considering your answers, remember that polygamy doesn't promise twice as much sex, in the same way that a marriage isn't a promise of sex.

In real terms, it means twice as many feet stuck under the coffee table, twice as many motorbikes in bits on the kitchen floor, twice as many headaches, and twice as many mood swings. :p
 
My current understanding is that no person would ever willingly enter into polygamy because it demeans one gender or another (typically, it's the females who are demeaned.)

But people do enter into it, so that makes no sense. They can't all be forced into it, somebody has to instigate it for a start.

See, I was always under the impression that if a group of wo(men) were to be willing to marry a single wo(man), then the group is usually submissive to the single person. The single wo(man) usually has some religious, cultural, and/or monetary power over the group.

The best example I can think of is Hugh Hefner. On some level, you can argue that the playboy bunnies enter into that relationship willingly. But I would hope that if those girls could attain the same level of income and notoriety without having to sleep with that barely walking skeleton, they wouldn't.

*Note, I know Hugh isn't legally married to all his playthings, but I'm sure if polygamy were legal, those girls would jump at the chance.
 
My current understanding is that no person would ever willingly enter into polygamy because it demeans one gender or another (typically, it's the females who are demeaned.)

But people do enter into it, so that makes no sense. They can't all be forced into it, somebody has to instigate it for a start.

See, I was always under the impression that if a group of wo(men) were to be willing to marry a single wo(man), then the group is usually submissive to the single person. The single wo(man) usually has some religious, cultural, and/or monetary power over the group.

The best example I can think of is Hugh Hefner. On some level, you can argue that the playboy bunnies enter into that relationship willingly. But I would hope that if those girls could attain the same level of income and notoriety without having to sleep with that barely walking skeleton, they wouldn't.

*Note, I know Hugh isn't legally married to all his playthings, but I'm sure if polygamy were legal, those girls would jump at the chance.

Why would it have to be a group of one gender marrying a single member of the other? Were they legal it's quite possible for a polygamous marriage to contain 3 women, 2 men & 2 women, 50 men, whatever.

I reject your limiting assumptions entirely. I don't see how you can claim nobody would willingly enter into a polygamous relationship.
 
Why would it have to be a group of one gender marrying a single member of the other? Were they legal it's quite possible for a polygamous marriage to contain 3 women, 2 men & 2 women, 50 men, whatever.

I reject your limiting assumptions entirely. I don't see how you can claim nobody would willingly enter into a polygamous relationship.

Looking at the poles, it does look like there is a minority willing to enter into multiple on multiple marriage, so I suppose you are right. But let's face reality, we are an extremely liberal bunch. *retracted*

If even in this group, only 12% of the people are willing to enter into a multiple on multiple arrangement, (with some people saying they voted incorrectly) how many percentage of the general population would actually be okay with that arrangement.

Now, my limited assumption was talking about polygamy where multiple women marries a single man and my original claim that no woman would be willing to do that has proven correct so far. I could somewhat understand a marriage situation where its multiple wo(men) on a single wo(man).

I still can't image how a multiple on multiple marriage would work. I have to go back and scan through the posting to see what people say about that arrangement. BTW, the fact that people do it willingly doesn't change the fact that I still can't imagine how it would work.
 
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cosnidering how much hard work one female was for a 3-week relationship, no.

i've enough trouble getting one girl to like me, never mind more.
 
Wow, we have our first woman voting willing to become one of many women to a single man.

Shouldn't have made the poll anonymous. I wonder if that vote is a serious vote.
 
But let's face reality, we are an extremely liberal bunch. So much so that some people here are okay with the idea of incest.

Eh, I wouldn't say that I'm okay with the idea of incest. We were talking about marriage specifically. I'd rather not get into that here though.
 
I personally don't see nothing wrong with a man marrying multiple wives as long as the wives are of legal age and willingly consent to it. If the dude wants to put up with 3 - 4 chicks nagging him daily then more power to him.
 
In real terms, it means twice as many feet stuck under the coffee table, twice as many motorbikes in bits on the kitchen floor, twice as many headaches, and twice as many mood swings. :p
Technically, it could mean as little as 50% more. ;)
 
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