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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoI guess I’ve forgotten what the problem was exactly. High maternal mortality? How is that not solved by having many redundant wives?
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 hours agoYou don’t just “have many redundant wives”. It starts out roughly 50/50 from birth no matter what you do. You either have more women by having a lot of single men, or a lot of dead men, or by taking women from other places.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYes I mentioned that earlier in the thread. Polygyny = some men have many wives, others have none.
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 minutes agoWhich does nothing to help with the issue of mothers dying from pregnancy, unless there’s something more that you know?
I guess I’ve forgotten what the problem was exactly. High maternal mortality? How is that not solved by having many redundant wives?
You don’t just “have many redundant wives”. It starts out roughly 50/50 from birth no matter what you do.
You either have more women by having a lot of single men, or a lot of dead men, or by taking women from other places.
Yes I mentioned that earlier in the thread. Polygyny = some men have many wives, others have none.
Which does nothing to help with the issue of mothers dying from pregnancy, unless there’s something more that you know?