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In reply to the discussion: No, polygamy isn't rape. THIS is rape. [View all]Whatthe_Firetruck
(610 posts)It depends on the definition of polygamy you're using. The previous definition had to do with marriage being between one man and one woman, or one man and many woman, and that does indeed have such a reputation. But with the new supreme court ruling marriages definition no longer deals with the *genders* of the parties involved. But only with the requirement that they are adult, and consenting.
Now that marriage can be man and man, or woman and woman, polygamy no longer has to be defined as 1 male and more than one female. Now we can have polygamy with more than one husband. Say, a female dominatrix and her two male submissives. Or two gays, and two lesbians who combine monetary and biological resources to give everyone involved biological children without involving complicated fertility treatments. It's an entirely new paradigm, and we're just going to have to get used to it.