• Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Probably depends on who you ask. I’m polyamorous and I think in almost all cases where someone says polygamy and not polyamory they’re engaging in an immoral power dynamic. My experience being poly though I’d say most people take offense to the multiple partners thing and polygamy is just what they’re familiar with as a concept

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      2 days ago

      It’s not the multiple partners that are a problem in my opinion (You do you. Polyamory is not for me, but no hate), it’s the many-to-one relationships. Even in cases where an immoral power dynamic doesn’t exist, you’re still setting up for societal shenanigans if it’s consistently many women to men, or vice versa, which seems prudent to avoid.

      That being said, monogamy in a legal sense has probably only persisted so long because involving more than 2 people would be a massive headache for the courts lol

      Probably only works in countries where one “partner” has more rights than others.

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      3 days ago

      This. When I was poly my friends and fam were cool with it, but they’re not religious. Every religious person I knew who found out was not too pleased with me.