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?
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.
It takes a village to make a marriage.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.
I only know a couple of people who confine their cats, and they are generally scolded by others.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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Technically, it could mean as little as 50% more.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.![]()
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