| 单词 | polyandry |
| 例句 | The prohibition on polygamy was tirelessly interrogated, but no one seemed very keen to advocate polyandry, which raised questions about the inheritance of property that would have remodelled society to a much too revolutionary degree. The Origins of Sex by Faramerz Dabhoiwala - review 2012-02-10T22:55:05Z You could be a dunnock, a bird whose females practice polyandry, taking on two or three husbands when food is scarce. ArtsBeat: Isabella Rossellini’s Sly Maternal Instinct 2013-05-10T22:53:42Z Looking for a more equitable route, do critics talk about polyandry as well? Polygamy, progressivism and the real history of Mormon feminism: “Women who joined this movement were gender radicals” 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z And then he added, “If not, why not contemplate also freely chosen polygamy and, of course, not to discriminate, polyandry?” Vatican: Gay marriage causes polygamy 2012-11-12T16:41:00Z The term polyandry comes from the Greek words for ‘many’ and ‘man.’ Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Some modern scholars consider Darwin's failure to recognize polyandry as the wrench jamming up the works of evolution to be one of his biggest oversights. A microscopic arms race is happening between sperm 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Adult relationships vary in form across societies and include not only the type most common around the world today — heterosexual monogamy — but also same-sex marriage, nonmarital unions, polyamory, polygyny and polyandry. Perspective | In some cultures, multiple fathers — or no fathers at all — are the norm 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z While the tomb reveals evidence of polygyny - men having children with multiple women - it also shows that polyandry was also widespread: women having children with multiple men. World's oldest family tree created using DNA 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Prof Machoko researched polyandry in his country of birth - neighbouring Zimbabwe. Outcry over South Africa's multiple husbands proposal 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z The headline asked: “Is polyandry really a ridiculous idea?” Two-husband strategy may be a remedy for China’s one-child policy, professor posits 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z For humans, even the thought of polyandry can jack up a man's sperm quality. A microscopic arms race is happening between sperm 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Occasionally, as in many of the 80-plus societies known to have practiced polyandry, several husbands exercised power over one wife. Opinion | How to Make Your Marriage Gayer 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Another skit portrayed a matriarchal society where polyandry is common and men are tyrannized by women. Live From Beijing: A Disappearing ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z But Prof Machoko said polyandry was once practised in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria, and it is still practised in Gabon, where the law allows it. Outcry over South Africa's multiple husbands proposal 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z “I’m not advocating for polyandry, I’m just suggesting that we should consider the option in the face of an imbalanced gender ratio,” he continued. Two-husband strategy may be a remedy for China’s one-child policy, professor posits 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Considering all of that, might turning the knob way up on polyandry as a real or imagined stimulus rocket launch the get-up-and-go of any given man's sperm? A microscopic arms race is happening between sperm 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The royal Saudi family is moving so fast the next step will be to authorize the polyandry for Saudi women . Saudi Women Vote for the First Time. What Did That Look Like? 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Moreover, if the court does declare gay marriage a right, it will open the door for polygamy and polyandry for starters, veteran attorney Gene Schaerr told the Family Research Council earlier this year. Supreme Court gay marriage ruling expected Friday 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Both authors found a direct correlation between levels of polyandry and selection for seminal coagulating proteins. Helen's Choice: Female Multiple Mating in the Natural World 2013-12-10T16:45:22.072Z “But given China’s skewed sex ratio, it’s necessary to consider allowing polyandry legally.” Two-husband strategy may be a remedy for China’s one-child policy, professor posits 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z "If not, why not contemplate also freely chosen polygamy and, of course, not to discriminate, polyandry?" he said. Vatican vows to fight gay marriage after gains in U.S., Europe 2012-11-10T21:58:42Z "This is one of the most careful and most robust studies to explore whether polyandry is adaptive in females," says Tommaso Pizzari, a University of Oxford biologist who was not involved in the research. Lady Liaisons: Does Cheating Give Females an Evolutionary Advantage? 2012-06-06T14:45:00.223Z He passed through Little Thibet, where prevails the singular custom of polyandry—instead of one man having many wives, one woman may have many husbands, although they cannot be of different families. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Owing to the excessive number of males, a form of polyandry prevails. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z “I wouldn’t suggest polyandry if the gender ratio was not so severely imbalanced,” Yew-Kwang Ng, who is Malaysian, wrote in his regular column on a Chinese business website this month. Two-husband strategy may be a remedy for China’s one-child policy, professor posits 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The so-called "states" of the animals are, in their most typical instances, nothing but families living in a condition of polyandry. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z And the woman, her, too; you must provide for selective futile polygamy and polyandry. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z This does not imply polyandry or community among brothers, but rather what is known to anthropologists as Levirate, a woman's marriage to her brother-in-law being contingent on her husband's death. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z In some islands polyandry was practised; in others the natives were monogamous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Surya is sometimes spoken of as a child of Aditi's or of Dyaus and Ushas is his wife, though she also lives in Spartan polyandry with the Asvin twins.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Real polyandry may doubtless be explained by the idea of the common right of possession among brothers; it has, in most cases, this significance. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z McLennan would find an explanation of exogamy in the prevalence of female infanticide, which, “rendering women scarce, led at once to polyandry within the tribe, and the capturing of women from without.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z On the other hand, there are still tribes and races in which polyandry is practised, and the child has consequently no father whom it can rightfully call its own. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z There are three principal forms of marriage, namely, monogamy, polygamy and polyandry. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z In the Veda* the Asvins are represented as living in fraternal polyandry, with but one wife, Surya, the daughter of the sun, between them. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Whatever may have been the origin of polyandry, there can be no doubt that poverty, a desire to keep down population, and to keep property undivided in families, supply sufficient reason to justify its continuance. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z "Because," I smiled, "I don't believe in polyandry." The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The Chinese writers say that their customs were like those of the Turks; that they had no cities, lived in felt tents, were ignorant of writing and practised polyandry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z In countries like India and China, where the gender ratio is skewed on the other side, do you think polyandry is a better idea? Sharing husbands 2011-01-26T13:57:33Z Mrs. Bishop, who has explored Tibet and studied the habits and customs of the people, informs us that polyandry is favoured by the women of that country. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z In Tibet itself polygyny exists side by side with polyandry amongst the wealthy classes, while monogamy is the rule amongst the poor pastoral nomads of the northern steppe. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z In the remote villages of this Himalayan valley, polyandry, the practice of multiple men marrying one wife, was for centuries a practical solution to a set of geographic, economic and meteorological problems. One Bride for 3 Brothers: A Custom Fades in India 2010-07-16T16:34:00Z A woman for polyandry was similarly benefited by the same plea. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Thus they are said to have practised the rare custom of polyandry. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The second question now arises: Can we infer from survivals of totemism among Aryans that these Aryans had once been organised on the full totemistic principle, probably with polyandry, and certainly with female descent? Custom and Myth New Edition But it does not follow that polyandry and a matriarchal state always and necessarily preceded polygyny and a patriarchal state. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z And furthermore we find at a later stage the exceptional form of polyandry which still more supersedes all sentiments of jealousy and hence is unknown to animals. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The so-called Levirate marriage which was in vogue among the Hebrews is perhaps the strongest evidence that the customs of polyandry and mother-right were practised among them. Oriental Women In the islands where the women are in a minority we may to this day observe tolerably numerous cases of polyandry. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II On Mr. Lewis Morgan’s theory of exogamy, that Aryan custom is unconnected with female kinship, polyandry, and scarcity of women. Custom and Myth New Edition It has been asserted that the institution of polyandry was prevalent among them, according to which the brothers of a family had their wives in common. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" McLennan knew only three forms of marriage: polygamy, polyandry and monogamy. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State When, in a remote period, marriage ties were loose or polyandry was practised, it was manifestly easier to trace the family lineage through the mother. Oriental Women Take, for instance, the revolting practice of polyandry, which is still countenanced in Ceylon. The Pearl of India Now the nature of the evidence which affords a presumption that Aryans have all passed through Australian institutions, such as polyandry, is of extremely varied character. Custom and Myth New Edition Yet the people who countenance these abominations would probably be unutterably shocked by the very whisper of polyandry—an infinitely more decent relation, because regulated by honest sex attraction, and free presumably from mercenary considerations. Modern marriage and how to bear it This produced a surplus of males in such a tribe which naturally resulted in the condition where several men had one woman—polyandry. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The story of Arjuna bringing home Draupadi as a prize, and of his mother bidding him share her charms with his brothers, seems to point to a time when polyandry was practised in India. Oriental Women If we compare it with the more usual form of patriarchal polyandry we see at once the influence of maternal descent. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy Lennan’s theory, exogamy is the result of scarcity of women, and implies polyandry and female kinship. Custom and Myth New Edition I believe that the only solution of the marriage question is legalised polyandry.’ Modern marriage and how to bear it And a second consequence of the scarcity of women in a certain tribe—a scarcity that was somewhat mitigated, but not relieved by polyandry—was precisely the forcible abduction of women from other tribes. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State All men live in polygamy and all women in polyandry. Woman under socialism Worse yet, when a fifth insolent stranger cut in on the twin stars, Mamise abandoned her fourth temporary husband for another with a levity that amounted to outrageous polyandry. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards When sailors, merchants, missionaries, describe, as matters unprecedented and unheard of, such institutions as polyandry, totemism, and so forth, the evidence is so strong, because the witnesses are so astonished. Custom and Myth New Edition The unfortunate Olympians, whose system really aimed at purer morals and condemned polygamy and polyandry, are left with a crowd of consorts that would put Solomon to shame. Five Stages of Greek Religion The conventional conception knows only monogamy, furthermore polygamy of one man, eventually also polyandry of one woman. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State To what circumstances polyandry owes its origin is not yet clear. Woman under socialism An animal belonging to a species habitually monogamic may easily change under the pressure of external causes and adopt polygamy, and, in some cases, polyandry. The Truth About Woman There are, however, cases where polyandry is justifiable. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In view of all this it is impossible to hold any religion responsible for the existence of the institution of polyandry. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery The men live in polygamy, the women in polyandry. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Others, such as Fourier, favour polygamy and polyandry. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Marshall points out that among the Todas group-marriages occur side by side with polyandry. The Truth About Woman As regards polyandry, Westermark shows that it has always been an exception and that it has only been established among phlegmatic races, having a certain degree of civilization and being unacquainted with jealousy. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In order to support the 1,500,000 inhabitants distributed in Thibet, upon a surface of 1,200,000 square kilometres, the Buddhists were forced to adopt polyandry. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Before taking up monogamy, which rapidly developed after the downfall of maternal law, let me say a few words about polygamy and polyandry. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State What has monogamy or polygamy or polyandry to do with this matter? Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature It seems probable that fraternal polyandry must formerly have been practised. The Truth About Woman In polyandry, poverty often plays a greater part than consanguineous marriages or surplus of male births. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Without approving polyandry, I could not well blame Thibet for this institution, since without it, the population would prodigiously increase. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery It was almost a requirement of good prehistoric manners to refer in terms of highest admiration to his artificial construction of history leading from infanticide through polyandry and abduction to maternal law. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State What marriage is; how far back the marriage tie has existed; polygamy, what it is; monogamy, what it is; polyandry, and what it is; marriage customs; the basis of a happy marriage, etc. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The interesting Todas tribe of the Nil'giri Hills practise fraternal polyandry. The Truth About Woman However, all these concubinages are generally limited to a few weeks or months, so that the natural love of the woman becomes blunted by successive polyandry. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Manu himself established polyandry as a law, and Buddhist preachers, who had renounced Brahminism and preached the use of opium, imported this custom into Ceylon, Thibet, Corea, and the country of the Moguls. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery This marriage club business is, however, by no means actual polyandry. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Under circumstances like these, the few remaining women must have served as wives for all the men of the tribe; and, in this manner polyandry had its inception. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Similarly among a fine tribe of Hindu mountaineers at the source of the Djemmah fraternal polyandry has been proved to have existed. The Truth About Woman Formed by the father, the mother and the children, the family was in primitive man a general institution, based on monogamy, polygamy or polyandry. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Uncle Sam has established consecutive polyandry,—but there's got to be an interval between husbands! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea Still, this is far from the human polyandry, in which the men and one women all live together in the same place, the men mutually tolerating one another, which male cuckoos do not. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State That polygyny is better than polyandry may be concluded from its effects. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Therefore, in a normal population, polygamy would compel many men, and polyandry many women, to remain unmarried. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals If we agree with Westermark that the term marriage includes polygamy, polyandry and limited marriage, the opinion of these authors is wrong. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study They would appear also to have had some sort of woman-worship, for they held women in high honour, loved female sovereignty, and practised polyandry—that is, each woman had several husbands.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow To be sure, aside from monogamy, oriental polygamy and Indo-Tibethan polyandry were known; but these three forms could not be arranged in any historical order and stood side by side without any connection. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The polyandry of the Tibetans is in direct contrast with the polygamy of the Moslems, and is far more strictly maintained. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Our terms "endogamy," "mother family," "polyandry," etc., are only descriptive terms for a summary of the folkways which have been established in different groups and which are capable of classification. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The invert's ideal would be to obtain a legal license for marriage between men; but they are not very constant in their love and are much inclined to polyandry. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study That the Tibetans legally recognise polyandry and polygamy is well known. In the Forbidden Land Another variety of marriage that has been less common than polygyny is polyandry. Society Its Origin and Development Some survival of it, or at least the custom of polyandry, is found among the Nairs of southern India and in Thibet. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Many aboriginal tribes in India, amongst which the Todas are the best known, practice polyandry. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Among the few tribes in which polyandry is the rule, especially in Thibet, several brothers generally have the same wife. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study A notable feature of their customs is that both polygyny and polyandry are permitted, this being the only instance of the latter practice so far observed among the tribes of the Philippines. Negritos of Zambales Neither polygyny nor polyandry were universal, even where they were a frequent practice. Society Its Origin and Development Though matrimony is considered by the Muslim doctors as "half of Isl�m," its value in their eyes is purely as a legalization of license by the substitution of polygamy for polyandry. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Consistency of the mores under polygamy or polyandry. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In most of the higher animals, the jealousy of the males renders polyandry impossible. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study I found the abhorrence to polyandry so great and so universal that all tribes that I came in contact with throughout eastern Mindan�o branded the practice as swinish. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Here however, so far from being group marriage, it is, according to his own statement, simply adelphic polyandry. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia Among the people of the Himmalaya hills, as in all Sogdiana, it gave rise to polyandry; and, among the Israelites and Mahommedans, to the marriage of many brothers in succession to the same woman. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II It is said that immigrant groups can be found in the United States in which polyandry exists, being produced in this way. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals They call it complex marriage instead of simple, and it is both polygamy and polyandry at the same time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 In several passages the Mahâbhârata speaks of the Atharva as the highest Veda and represents the Pâṇḍavas as practising polyandry, a custom which still prevails among many Himalayan tribes. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 We have seen that in the Wakelbura tribe, so far from the condition being one of "group marriage," it is one of dissimilar adelphic polyandry. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia This was but the outward numerical fact of social dislocation; within lay polygamy, polyandry, concubinage, and moral degradation. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil The polyandry of the Nairs, on the Malabar coast, has been cited to prove that polyandry is not due to poverty. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals While in other parts of the Empire polygamy prevails for those who can afford it, in Tibet polyandry crops up. The Awakening of China In various Irish texts a child is said to have three fathers—probably a reminiscence of polyandry. The Religion of the Ancient Celts The element of adelphic polyandry, for example, may well have upset the original relations and brought about a practice of exchange between men of different totems. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia I have visited the tribe of Subanos, in the west and north of the island of Mindanao in the Philippine archipelago, where the rich men are polygamists, and the poor still submit to polyandry. White Shadows in the South Seas When the life conditions, real or imagined, produce polygamy, monogamy, or polyandry, all the mores conform to the one system or the other, and develop it on every side. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals But surely polygamy or polyandry would be more disharmonious still. Hints for Lovers On Mr. M’Lennan’s theory, exogamy is the result of scarcity of women, and implies polyandry and female kinship. Custom and Myth This state of affairs has nothing whatever to do with polygamy any more than it has with polyandry. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Thus we have polyandry founded on a surplus of males caused by poverty of sustenance. White Shadows in the South Seas Polygamy was practised, and even polyandry was said to exist; but we had no time to verify this gossip, and no right to interfere if we had. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Nairs, Hindus of high caste, claiming to rank next the Brahmans, who lived on the Malabar coast of India; among them polyandry prevailed, and the royal power descended through the female line. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The second question now arises: Can we infer from survivals of totemism among Aryans that these Aryans had once been organised on the full totemistic principle, probably with polyandry, and certainly with female descent? Custom and Myth Under some circumstances, if all three parties agreed, he saw no objection to polygyny or polyandry. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Free polyandry still exists in many countries I have seen, and in others its dying out leaves these fragmentary survivals. White Shadows in the South Seas Namely, the not uncommon cases of secret polygamy and polyandry. The Nine-Tenths The temperamental dislike of intelligent women to polygamy is at least as strong as a man's objection to polyandry. What is Coming? The Aryan races have very generally passed through the stage of scarcity of women, polyandry, absence of recognised male kinship, and recognition of kinship through women. Custom and Myth Apart from this the biological masculine traditions point to polygyny much more than the feminine traditions point to polyandry. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Yet in the Marquesas, these islands cut off from all other peoples through ages of history, the father-right prevailed in spite of all the difficulties that attended its survival in polyandry. White Shadows in the South Seas Were polyandry the general practice, a woman could have a multiplicity of husbands and be considered pure; where polygamy is the rule, a man may have a multitude of wives and be regarded as moral. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Whether this is a repudiation of second marriages, or refers to polyandry, is not apparent. The Woman's Bible When sailors, merchants, missionaries, describe, as matters unprecedented and unheard of, such institutions as polyandry, totemism, and so forth, the evidence is so strong, because the witnesses are so astonished. Custom and Myth Much of the polygyny, and polyandry also, which prevails among us to-day is an altogether artificial and unnatural form of polygamy. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society This custom persists as a striking survival of polyandry, in which fidelity under pain of dismissal from the roof-tree was imposed by the wife on all who shared her affections. White Shadows in the South Seas The general belief is that at the time of the conquest polyandry prevailed amongst the tribes. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I No woman can have two husbands at the same time, which is polyandry; and no man can have two wives at the same time, which is polygamy. Moral Philosophy On Sir Henry Maine’s theory of exogamy, that Aryan custom is unconnected with female kinship, polyandry, and scarcity of women. Custom and Myth Where this happens, a kind of polyandry is formed, which we find more fully displayed in Thibet, and on the lofty mountains at the extremity of the Indian peninsula. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Certain other conditions besides economic ones might also favor the existence of polyandry, such as the scarcity of women. Sociology and Modern Social Problems But as regards ancestor-worship in general, it would be incorrect; since polygamy or polygyny, and polyandry may coexist with ruder forms of ancestor-worship. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation This is a great deal more than saying that polyandry and polygamy are unlawful. Moral Philosophy Now the nature of the evidence which affords a presumption that Aryans have all passed through Australian institutions such as polyandry, is of extremely varied character. Custom and Myth The natural foundation of the institution of monogamy is not any inherent viciousness in polygyny or polyandry, but the hard fact that men and women are born in about equal numbers. Getting Married We shall notice, however, only the three leading forms,—polyandry, polygyny, and monogamy,—and attempt to show the natural conditions which favor each. Sociology and Modern Social Problems As far as my limited observations go, polyandry is the only state of society in which jealousy and quarrels about the sex are the exception and not the rule of life. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 But polyandry is thus inconsistent with the good of offspring, and polygamy with mutual faith. Moral Philosophy We might as well revert to polyandry and paint, because our Celtic or Pictish ancestors, if we had any, practised the one and wore the other. Alfred Tennyson I can stand a good deal; but when it comes to flat polygamy and polyandry, we ought to do something. Getting Married In all these regions where polyandry occurs, moreover, it is to be noted that the conditions of life are harsh and severe. Sociology and Modern Social Problems On the other hand, polyandry occurs, generally in cases in which a woman married to an elderly man has no children by him. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo It is not meant that polyandry makes the birth of children impossible. Moral Philosophy In the family marriage is sacred, and traces of polyandry and of the levirate, surviving as late as the epic poems, were regarded as things that need to be explained away. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 In a real marriage of sentiment the wife or husband cannot be supplanted by halves; and such a marriage will break very soon under the strain of polygyny or polyandry. Getting Married Under such circumstances we can see how the natural human instincts which would oppose polyandry under ordinary circumstances, namely, the jealousy of the male, might become greatly modified, or cease to act altogether. Sociology and Modern Social Problems So amongst the Todas of India, who practise polyandry, the girls can accept or refuse any man. The Descent of Man Against polygamy the case in natural law is not quite so strong as against polyandry. Moral Philosophy Considerations of much the same sort also justify polyandry—if not morally, then at least biologically. In Defense of Women On the other hand, women object to polyandry, because polyandry enables the best women to monopolize all the men, just as polygyny enables the best men to monopolize all the women. Getting Married Thus in Tibet the upper classes practice polygyny and monogamy, while among the lower classes we find polyandry and monogamy. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Morgan, L.H., on the beaver; on the reasoning powers of the beaver; on the forcible capture of wives; on the castoreum of the beaver; marriage unknown in primeval times; on polyandry. The Descent of Man That is why all our ordinary men and women are unanimous in defence of monogamy, the men because it excludes polygyny, and the women because it excludes polyandry. Getting Married But polygyny would condemn a great many men, and polyandry a great many women, to the celibacy of neglect. Getting Married The men, left to themselves, would tolerate polyandry. Getting Married At any rate, the form of polyandry which we find in Tibet suggests that such economic conditions may have been the main cause of its existence. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The man alone has any initiative; but he has no access to the woman; besides, as we have seen, the difficulty created by male license is not polygyny but polyandry, which is not allowed. Getting Married |
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