I did say that yes, I suspected fraternal polyandry might have a bad effect. :) But that's one example of polyandry, and specifically the effects of it on women; children aren't mentioned. I'd want to see more examples and more studies before I was comfortable saying that polyandry was close to as strongly correlated with harm to the status of women and children as polygyny; and to say it's close to as bad for both groups strikes me as a prerequisite for being comfortable with the statement that polygamy (as a whole) is very strongly correlated with etc.
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Date: 2012-01-01 03:13 pm (UTC)