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 | | From: | David Dalton | | Subject: | Polyamory vs polygamy | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:23:55 -0330 |
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 | Is the difference between polyamory and polygamy the fact
that polygamy is one man married to several women who are
not married to one another and in polyamory it is just as
often more men than women as more women than men
and quite often each in the group is married to each
other in the group. Polgamy has gotten a bad rap
at times since some religious communities have
forced marrriage of girls, and this has shed a bad
light on polyamory, which it shouldn't do since polyamory
in the most part is all consensual and all adult.
But, referring to my four orientation theory, to which I
have recently added notes on lifespan at the end,
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/4O.html ,
in a bridged V threesome such as
4thO-F--bim-- the bim is married to both the
4thO-F and the and they are not married except
platonically to one another.
But in a triangle of 4thO-F--(2bims)
the three are all married to one another in the
group marriage, and on the above web page
I divine at the end that they have a nine
year lifespan advantage over just as
4thO-F--bim twosome.
Is there still a FAQ file for alt.polyamory and
if so is it archived on a web site or can
you point to when and under which subject it
was last posted on alt.polyamory .
I guess in North America most polyamorists
have private group marriage contracts so far.
I have set Followup-To to alt.polyamory but
override that if you wish.
David
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton
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