Polygamy Doesn’t Build Households; It Breaks Them
Written By Michael Foster Polygamy usually appears when the world is coming undone. When men die young and women are left unprotected, when famine or war hollow out a nation, it becomes a crude tool to keep the line going. In old agrarian times, strength was measured in hands to work the field and mouths a man could feed. The capable men took on more dependents, not out of lust, but because the world was harsh and order fragile. It…