Survey Finds Increase In Polygamous Communities
A new informal survey by a Utah-based polygamy advocacy group estimates 38,000 people believe in or are living the practice an increase of about 1,000 in about two years
A new informal survey by a Utah-based polygamy advocacy group estimates 38,000 people believe in or are living the practice an increase of about 1,000 in about two years
Polygyny is a term that comes from the Greek poly and gyny which means many women or wives. This term refers to a form of marriages where one man is going to have two or sometimes even more wives, all at the same time.
Even if there are many countries from all over the world where polygamy is perfectly legal and it brings no problems at all, the polygamy in the US was never considered to be an institution which is legally recognized or something that the western culture
Polygamy has existed in all over the African continent thanks to the fact that it represents an aspect of their culture and religion. These types of marriages have been more present in the whole history of Africa like no other continent in the world.
In this article we are planning to offer you as much information as possible about the polygamists. We will start by offering you the definition of polygamy and how can you differentiate a polygamist from other types of persons.
It all comes to the country where you are located. This means that the legal status of the polygamy is going to be different from one country to another. This way what might be illegal in one country might be perfectly normal in another.
The polygamy comes mainly in three different forms: polygyny (where a man has more than two wives at the same time), polyandry (where a woman has more than one husband) and there are also the plural marriages (where a family is made out of multiple husban