Thoughts on more than 1 husband/wife?

[ev]

What's everyone's thoughts on having more than one husband or wife? As well as marriage in general?

[Pinko Panther]

I really don't think it matters. Get married, don't get married, whatever. It's no one's business who you decide to marry. Same goes for polygamy/polyamory.

[FreeFocus]

I'm personally not big on polygamy, but I also do not like the state institution of marriage.

[F9]

I dont care.If people are fine with lots of husbands/wifes etc, its not my problem, and i have nothing to say.Its their choice, if they are fine with it, its stupid others been.

[Muzk]

Great, everyone shares the same opinion, that's what I expected
Keep it up

If everyone of this kind of relationship wants it, why not?
The only thing interfering with this is christianity....

[RedBlackFreedom]

If everyone is happy, I don't mind if someone has 2 or more wives.

[RotStern]

I don't approve of polygamy I think that there should only be 1 significant other.

[F9]

I don't approve of polygamy I think that there should only be 1 significant other.

So, we should execute those "dare" be ok with be a 3, or 4 or 10 members family?Whats your problem if they have no problem with it?I cant get it...

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

I don't approve of polygamy I think that there should only be 1 significant other.

I dont care, unless its you getting married its none of your business.

[kharacter]

I think as long a there isn't abuse, and everyone is happy, it doesn't matter the amount of people. Who are we to define the limits of what love can be? I suppose we should be careful so that there isn't male dominance in these kind of relationships. But yes, by limiting the amount of people to two, we could be taking some groups away from the only viable option they have for ensuring the satisfaction of each individual.

Wait, should each member love all the other members to a more-or-less equal extent?

[The Ungovernable Farce]

Wait, should each member love all the other members to a more-or-less equal extent?
I think the point is that people outside a relationship can't really say what the people in that relationship "should" be doing, there's no real "right" or "wrong" beyond what works for them.
Other than that, I think that everything that needs to be said about monogamy and poly can be found in this thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/monogamy-t111412/index.html?t=111412).

[kharacter]

I think the point is that people outside a relationship can't really say what the people in that relationship "should" be doing, there's no real "right" or "wrong" beyond what works for them.
shoot, very good call, damn you!

[LOLseph Stalin]

Marriage is a personal matter. I don't really understand the point of marriage, but if somebody wants to have more than one partner let them. They're not harming anybody. Of course, they should all be treated the same. There shouldn't be some who are treated really well and others who are treated like crap.

[Glenn Beck]

I think that under communism everyone should be married to everyone else and be forbidden to have sex with the same person twice in a row.

[red cat]

One of the major pre-conditions of the present form of marriage is the existence of private property. It is hard to say what will happen when it vanishes. Confirmed socio-economic equality may curb the inherent biological need of producing as many offsprings as possible, and thus result in mostly monogamous relationships.

[Pogue]

I don't think polygamy is healthy for human relationships, I think we were meant to have just one partner at a time.

[Manifesto]

Who cares. Mormons seem to be happy with it.

[Искра]

I don't think polygamy is healthy for human relationships, I think we were meant to have just one partner at a time.
I personally agree with you, but that dosen't mean that I don't think that every man or a women don't have a right to have 1.000.000 partners at one time :)

[Pogue]

I personally agree with you, but that dosen't mean that I don't think that every man or a women don't have a right to have 1.000.000 partners at one time :)

Yeh they have the right to do it, but I don't think it works, I think its a contradiction to get married twice.

[NecroCommie]

Not my business exactly.

But provided it is my business (I get a crush on someone with support for polygamy), I'd say that screw marriage all together. And I'm not big on polyamory either.

[Искра]

Yeh they have the right to do it, but I don't think it works, I think its a contradiction to get married twice.

Why to marry? But I guess that you are thinking of long and strong relationship between two people...
I agree that in the most cases it works only between 2 people.

[Il Medico]

What ever makes the people involved happy. Leftist aren't in the business of telling people who they can and can not marry, we generally leave that for the Bible Belt idiots.

[Muzk]

I think that under communism everyone should be married to everyone else and be forbidden to have sex with the same person twice in a row.



Good one, mass polygamy, and actually thats what the brainwashed people think about communism...

[mel]

I doubt we'd see much of it, but if a group of people want to get married to one another, I don't see why that should not be the case. However, care should be taken to ensure that anybody can leave that relationship at any time it no longer suits them as an arrangement.

So long as it isn't a relationship between one person and his or her property (as most polygamous marriage is today, in places where that is allowed, an essentially propert-based and patriarchal model) then it's just one of many perfectly acceptable family arrangements.

[The Ungovernable Farce]

Who cares. Mormons seem to be happy with it.
To be fair, much as I support polyamory, saying "well, Mormons do it" really isn't a good argument for something not being crazy.

Good one, mass polygamy, and actually thats what the brainwashed people think about communism...
"But you Communists would introduce community of women, screams the bourgeoisie in chorus." ;)

[Manifesto]

To be fair, much as I support polyamory, saying "well, Mormons do it" really isn't a good argument for something not being crazy.

Ok not the best comparison.

[BabylonHoruv]

What's everyone's thoughts on having more than one husband or wife? As well as marriage in general?

It's a lot of work. (both polygamy and monogamy, but Polygamy is MORE work)

[BabylonHoruv]

One of the major pre-conditions of the present form of marriage is the existence of private property. It is hard to say what will happen when it vanishes. Confirmed socio-economic equality may curb the inherent biological need of producing as many offsprings as possible, and thus result in mostly monogamous relationships.

good luck having social conditions overcome inherent biological needs. Not that having lots of children really seems to be an inherent biological need, but having lots of sex seems to be for many people.

[JJM 777]

A famous pop star earns millions, and has 10 women queuing behind his door. A poor beggar sleeps outside of the hotel, no woman no cry. I see unjustified and unwanted inequality here, both economically and socially (sexually). Why should Socialism be limited to sharing only cash equally, and not also other things in life that create happiness or a standard of living?

One-on-one relationships have an atmosphere of equality in them. Also many-to-many relationships might be as equal, or actually more equal, than one-on-one relationships. One-to-many or few-to-many relationships I would not legalize in a Socialist society, because of the inequality that I perceive in the circumstances. Even if the many women of one man would be happy in the relationship, women are a limited natural resource, and one taking many leads to similar consequences as one taking a lot of money, then others will have less of it.

[The Ungovernable Farce]

One-on-one relationships have an atmosphere of equality in them. Also many-to-many relationships might be as equal, or actually more equal, than one-on-one relationships. One-to-many or few-to-many relationships I would not legalize in a Socialist society, because of the inequality that I perceive in the circumstances. Even if the many women of one man would be happy in the relationship, women are a limited natural resource, and one taking many leads to similar consequences as one taking a lot of money, then others will have less of it.
There's quite a lot dodgy about that. First of all, what do you mean "legalise"? Even under capitalism, polyamory is legal (even if polygamy isn't). People should be free to do what makes them happy, end of. Secondly, women aren't a natural resource, they're people. If several women are happy to go out with one man, that's their business and nobody else's. Equally, there's no reason why a "one-to-many" relationship couldn't be one woman with several lovers (male or female); again, I can't see how there's anything wrong with that.

[JJM 777]

Let us say that 10% of men have 80% of the women in their exclusive sexual perusal. Or whatever. The way I see it, sexual inequality is as undesirable in the society, and causes as remarkable disparity of happiness, as economical inequality.

[mannetje]

I see nothing wrong with polygamy if the husbands/wifes can live with it to share their spouse without getting jealous, than do it freedom baby.:rolleyes:

[mel]

The number of sexual encounters one may have must be strictly rationed by the state such that even the least among us can have true sexual equality.

[JJM 777]

Well the truth is that in free competition of the fittest males and females, many persons with CP or other birth defects will never get much or any sex. Other than forcing people to date with undesirables, commercial sex services would solve the sexual part of this inequality, while not the romantic part.

[Il Medico]

The number of sexual encounters one may have must be strictly rationed by the state such that even the least among us can have true sexual equality.
Surely your being sarcastic...Right?

[mel]

Surely your being sarcastic...Right?

You'll have to read the rest of the thread to find out, comrade.