Polygyny Essays

Libby Copeland (2012) said that polygamy is defined as marriage where there is more than one spouse at the same time. When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, the relationship is called polygyny. The polygamy is considered to be one of the most common forms of polygamy that can be finding in all region of the world such as China, Native America, Africa, Polynesia, India, and ancient Greece. For much time, there were a lot of cultures, societies, and civilizations around the world that

This quotation occurs in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, when Elizabeth is with her aunt and uncle touring the countryside, and sees Darcy’s house and the things within at Pemberley for the first time. Elizabeth touring Pemberley is a moment of irony and transformation. Here, Austen has Elizabeth contemplating marriage to a man she dislikes, which is ironic considering that she is basing her new “admiration” for his house and “furnishings” on the very materialistic views and considerations

Introduction Polygamous marriage has long been associated with abuse and extremism. The Mormon Fundamentalists are widely known for participating in this practice and their abuse of women and children has been widely publicized. This type of marriage is currently illegal and forces those who practice this type of marriage to live in secrecy and not report abuse to authorities. I’m interested in researching if legalization of polygamist marriage, one man to multiple women, protects or harms women

Reflexivity (-- removed HTML --) It is imperative that people understand the actual extent of violence against women, the various forms that it takes (as mentioned above) and its prevalence. This is important because in many cultures around the world patriarchy (one of the main factors in instances of abuse) is very much alive and the girls and women that grow up in these societies are brought up to believe that the abuse they endure is normal, in other words; they deserve to be abused because they

Noah Roberts C. Young ENG3U1 3/26/2018 Misuse of Authority: Will the Crucible Crumble A difficult choice to make is whether maintaining ones morals is more important than aiding another. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, many of the characters face a misuse of authority and have a choice to make which is either to break their morals so they can help others, or stand by them and watch what happens to the people that they protect. Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor, faces pressure from the court and

A polygamous marriage refers to a practice where a man has several wives while polyandry is a custom where a woman has multiple husbands. The only similarity among polygamy, polyandry, and monogamy is that the marriage styles involve people of opposite gender. A difference arises between the three since monogamy involves marrying only one spouse. In Tibet, people consider polyandry as marriage that promotes high standards of living by preventing division of the family farm. From an economic perspective

I do not believe the Old Testament encourages polygamy; however, I do feel that it is tolerated. Women during this time frame were poorly educated and they depended on their fathers, brothers, and husband to take care of them; otherwise, they are subject to slavery and prostitution. So while polygamy was not ideal, it was a better option for the single women. God intended marriage to consist of one man and one woman. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife

colonialism, polygyny is widely practiced in Africa, as it signifies the aspect of culture. More reason polygyny is prevalent in African homes is due to the fact that children are considered as a form of wealth by the society and a larger family is considered influential and powerful. Therefore this practice was deliberated as one of the way one could build an empire in Africa. It was after the era of colonialism in Africa that polygamy appeared to be a taboo as it was a norm in ancient times. Polygyny has

In light of Western countries´ critique of polygyny, which extended into the critique against prostitution, men´s gendered identities became a cause of concern and living up to the standards of Western nations became a central theme when Siam fought for sovereign status and international respect. Before colonial time, Siam´s politically and economically powerful classes practiced polygyny, which was an integral part of national and international politics in which

Evolutionary psychology is the research in the social and natural sciences that studies psychological characteristics from a current evolutionary view. It tends to show that evolutionary psychology is in more of a pseudoscientific view because it is more based on the human’s emotions and personality traits the way they are rather than evidence based. Many people believe the type of nature humans are supposed to show and follow that just like people say men are not supposed to be masculine and not

After inspecting courtship rituals of Americans, I have determined that Americans pick one partner to spend all of their time with. Americans are selective and believe there must be a physical attraction before they show interest in the other person. (Dion & Dion, 1996 pg. 7). Once they have captured this interest in the other person, they will approach them with romantic words and special gifts. Once there is some magical chemistry between the two people they engage in only seeing each other. The

All over the world, marriage is filled with traditions, many of which can be considered patriarchal. In the Netherlands, most women take their husband's last name and are 'given away' by their fathers. Is marriage truly patriarchal, and is it so everywhere? This essay will look at marriage in the Kpelle. The Kpelle are the biggest ethnic group of Liberia; just a little over 20% of the population is Kpelle. The Kpelle people can be found in Sierra Leone and Guinea as well, and have been in West-Africa

important concept around the world because it demonstrates and justifies the male authority over female. Throughout history the concept of polygamy is not uncommon in many cultures, and while the elite class in imperial China might have practice polygyny, several wives sharing one husbands, something that was consider as normative, it has brought to my attention that the lower class was involved in what society deemed as taboo, polyandry, the act of one wife with multiple husbands. Although polyandry

Adaptations require a reproductive advantage to become fixed in a population. Bipedality has many negative factors including increased risk of injury, decreased speed and agility, and the inability to cooperatively carry infants. Considering these drawbacks of bipedality, there had to be an extreme selective pressure to adapt bipedality. Ape populations declined as the Miocene progressed, except for hominids. This was a result of the Miocene apes becoming increasingly K-selected. Unlike hominids

Universal Human Rights mean the rights which are equally acceptable in all the socities when The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the unique and an important document which is translated into different languages all over world. It is based upon idea of promoting freedom, justice and peace and it provides a set of uniform standards that were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the support of forty-eight countries. This doctrine consists of universal international values

He stated that because polygyny is so deep-rooted in African culture it causes the aberrant family relationships found in present day African Americans. In his argument he states that because a man has several wives the children are closer to their mother because they only have

Theorists have argued that the America society was never truly a one spouse society and, hence, monogamy was merely less represented. Non-monogamous practices have developed to become a visible of the American society today. Scientists have maintained that monogamy is part of a collection of personalities underlying the Western individualism (American Culture), including the exogamy, a de-emphasis on the extended kinship group, and the nuclear family. Monogamy seems to have been critical for Western

to have deterministic view on social behavior. Nonetheless, I believe that does not disqualify the series of argument which she makes. Pollit expounds on the true meaning of marriage; by looking at the history of marriage. For a period of time “polygyny was the rule;” and continues

still commit suicide and still do drugs so marriage won’t change that, and the final argument that was refuted was the argument made about historical marriages, but marriage has always been here and always will be and much of historical marriages polygyny was often as well as forced, arranged, and child marriage. By refuting

One question posed during the Interactive Oral focusing on marriage practices and polygamy was the question of: How can one union affect those surrounding the couple? For eldest daughter Daba, the feelings toward the union of her best friend Binetou and father Modou was nothing close to the feeling of joy. The author states, “Daba was furious, her pride wounded. She repeated all the nicknames Binetou had given her father: old man, pot-belly, sugar-daddy! . . .” (39). The word furious is a key factor