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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 21:48:11 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Polygamy
hkhenson wrote:
At 01:00 PM 2/4/2008, Alberto wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority
At 01:00 PM 2/6/2008, David Hobby wrote:
Keith wrote:
This does not square with field anthropology. Polygamy is well
known in cultures where female infanticide and distorted sex ratios
are prevalent.
Polygamy greatly exacerbated women's scarcity and direct
and indirect male
At 01:00 PM 2/4/2008, Alberto wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
associated with settled
hkhenson wrote:
At 01:00 PM 2/4/2008, Alberto wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
associated
On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority
:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of
the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the
western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
associated with settled agriculture but I don't know if there
is a
connection or why.
I would
Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of
the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the
western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
associated with settled agriculture but I don't know
On 4 Feb 2008, at 15:50, Julia Thompson wrote:
Oh, OK.
All I was operating on was anecdotal evidence, which was *very*
heavily biased towards lesbians. Thank you for the information!
Anecdotal evidence is unreliable. Thirty men and women started a
computer science degree with me and by
William T Goodall wrote:
So by my personal experience of college and the workplace up to that
point I'd have to say between 10% and 17% (at least) of men were gay.
Let's be non-scientific! I remember, at school, that every class had one
or two gay men, and no lesbians. In classes of 40 to 60
, as long as they don't get caught
breaking the law. american institutions, often recognize and practice
judeo-christian traditions, with impunity most of the time, but more
and more, they are being challenged. polygamy was legal in utah until
they applied for statehood. even now it is being
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Polygamy
On 4 Feb 2008, at 14:40, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote
William wrote:
But the numbers I believe are the ones from serious scientific surveys
Maru.
But the Wiki article isn't very conclusive is it? It's prefaced with this:
Measuring the prevalence of various sexual
orientationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientationis
difficult because
At 01:00 PM 2/3/2008, William T Goodall wrote:
snip
It's interesting that the USA with its supposed religious freedom
suppressed LDS polygamy and also doesn't recognise Islamic polygamy
although men having (up to) four wives is a part of the religion of
1.61 billion Muslims
William T Goodall wrote:
(snip)
It's interesting that the USA with its supposed religious freedom
suppressed LDS polygamy and also doesn't recognize Islamic polygamy,
although men having (up to) four wives is a part of the religion of
1.61 billion Muslims.
theocracy violates the separation
On 3 Feb 2008, at 22:10, jon louis mann wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
(snip)
It's interesting that the USA with its supposed religious freedom
suppressed LDS polygamy and also doesn't recognize Islamic polygamy,
although men having (up to) four wives is a part of the religion of
1.61
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems to be
associated with settled agriculture but I don't know
On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few others, became monogamous. It seems
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the
cultures in the world, it's an interesting question how the western
countries, and a few
William wrote:
If gay men don't marry women then there are more available women than
straight men.
Unless lesbians buy into the polygamy thing, this is probably a wash.
Doug
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Julia wrote:
You're failing to take into account lesbians who have absolutely no
interest in men. (Like several people in one of my social circles)
That might balance things out somewhat there, putting you back to square
one.
It was an intriguing suggestion, though.
Oops, didn't see
jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And there are polygamous stable partnerships already. They're rare,
but they do exist in the West, and in other parts of the world
they're more common.
We do have quite a few of them in this country, and
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And there are polygamous stable partnerships already. They're rare,
but they do exist in the West, and in other parts of the world
they're more common.
We do have quite a few of them in this country, and unfortunately, all
too
On 11/11/2006, at 2:21 AM, jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And there are polygamous stable partnerships already. They're rare,
but they do exist in the West, and in other parts of the world
they're more common.
We do have quite a few of
At 09:57 PM 2/20/2004 - Jan Coffey wrote:
It is amazing to me that in a country claiming to be free that these
types of conversations even still happen. Who or who-all, one decides
to fall in love with, raise a family with, bond for life with, should
be absolutly no concern of the state.
I feel that there should be a program, perhaps governmental, perhaps SPCA,
that helps parrots to regain the full use of their legs.
William Taylor
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http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/001538.shtml#001538
...
The Historical Assault on Mormons: But the attacks on polygamy should
evoke a more historical American shudder that should make conservatives
think twice before equating their intolerance of gay marriage with
intolerance
/archives/001538.shtml#001538
...
The Historical Assault on Mormons: But the attacks on polygamy
should
evoke a more historical American shudder that should make
conservatives
think twice before equating their intolerance of gay marriage with
intolerance for polygamy.
...
A Slippery Slope
-Original Message-
From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:57 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: the Hate Amendment compared to Gov't actions
Against Polygamy
I'm not religious, (not morman) and I know of many triples who live
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:57 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: the Hate Amendment compared to Gov't actions
Against Polygamy
I'm
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