Often decried, polygyny may sometimes have advantages

Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 10:20 in Psychology & Sociology

The practice of sharing a husband may, in some circumstances, lead to greater health and wealth for women and their children, new research suggests. And polygyny--where one husband has more than one wife--is decried by the United Nations Human Rights Committee and women's rights organizations as discriminatory to women.

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