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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 with
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 an
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
On 4 Feb 2008, at 14:40, Julia Thompson wrote:
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:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Feb 2008, at 14:40, Julia Thompson wrote:
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
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
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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
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 if there is a
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 to be
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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