It is completely offensive for you to describe the author of this article as a "little girl grown tall". You talk about the dark ages and treating women like second class citizens but you've stooped to a low and sexist blow.
why don't you cite some of the social "studies" you're talking about?
I can assure you that there have been very few rigorous academic studies on polygamy and its effects on women, and much of the research shows that criminalizing this lifestyle is actually what causes a great deal of the "impoverishment" you discuss. I also recommend that the you pick up a book, because the "internet" is not where you get "facts".
However, I take issue with the article AND the comment asserting that polygamy is about sex.
Aimee, one of the hugest hurtles for those in these kinds of relationships is the idea that it is based on sexual desire: it isn't. Implying that bringing sexual fantasy in your (monogamous)bedroom has anything to do with polygamy is puzzling at best.
Polygamy isn't just fodder for tv, it's an actual lifestyle that real people engage in for complex and varied reasons--not just because they're not satisfied in the bedroom. the link between what you're writing and polygamy really, really isn't evident at all.
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It is completely offensive for you to describe the author of this article as a "little girl grown tall". You talk about the dark ages and treating women like second class citizens but you've stooped to a low and sexist blow.
why don't you cite some of the social "studies" you're talking about?
I can assure you that there have been very few rigorous academic studies on polygamy and its effects on women, and much of the research shows that criminalizing this lifestyle is actually what causes a great deal of the "impoverishment" you discuss. I also recommend that the you pick up a book, because the "internet" is not where you get "facts".
However, I take issue with the article AND the comment asserting that polygamy is about sex.
Aimee, one of the hugest hurtles for those in these kinds of relationships is the idea that it is based on sexual desire: it isn't. Implying that bringing sexual fantasy in your (monogamous)bedroom has anything to do with polygamy is puzzling at best.
Polygamy isn't just fodder for tv, it's an actual lifestyle that real people engage in for complex and varied reasons--not just because they're not satisfied in the bedroom. the link between what you're writing and polygamy really, really isn't evident at all.
June 15, 2009 - 8:23amThis Comment
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