Monogamy reduces major social problems of polygamist cultures: study

Monday, January 23, 2012 - 19:00 in Psychology & Sociology

In cultures that permit men to take multiple wives, the intra-sexual competition that occurs causes greater levels of crime, violence, poverty and gender inequality than in societies that institutionalize and practice monogamous marriage.

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