Donovan -- Very well said. Mine was to try to draw out the ultimate consequences of polygamy for those who might be most attracted to it -- sort of like ethics for selfish males. Yours is the converse of that. The consequences of polygamy from the altruistic and the feminist points of views.
And on both situations, you articulated very clearly the inequality that polygamy propogates.

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rather amusing [83 words]	Tariq	Sep 19, 2009 01:41
Please use the term "Mormons" correctly. [72 words]	John Pruess	Jul 25, 2009 00:02
polygamy is not as bad as its made out to be by closed minds [350 words]	sajjad	Feb 25, 2009 22:34
Meaning [62 words]	Lynn	Nov 26, 2008 10:14
Ethics 101 -- What If Everyone Did It? = an error in mathematics or to defeat of global peace. [564 words]	GWK	Sep 2, 2008 13:06
↔ Ethics.... [128 words]	donvan	Sep 3, 2008 11:17
↔ ⇒ Well Said! Polygamy = Inequality [65 words]	GWK	Sep 4, 2008 20:17
Double Standard [57 words]	David W. Lincoln	Aug 6, 2008 11:22
Harems in the US [30 words]	Common	Jul 24, 2008 07:56
Deport them [50 words]	JKeats	Jul 16, 2008 11:27
So Adultery and fornication are ok but Polygamy is not. [78 words]	Truth	Jul 10, 2008 12:15
↔ On polygamy [12 words]	scrutator	Aug 5, 2008 13:35
↔ easy... [108 words]	donvan	Sep 7, 2008 15:50
↔ The Solution to polygamy [179 words]	simplesolution	Dec 26, 2008 14:48
Just another reason [34 words]	Straight_Talk_Luigi	Jun 18, 2008 12:28
polygamy [33 words]	Gabrielle Crofts	Jun 15, 2008 03:44
↔ The Harems- shame on you Governments for allowing this type of regression into our civilised countries [413 words]	Gabby	Jun 20, 2008 05:30
↔ Polygamy in the West [345 words]	Riz	Aug 24, 2008 22:15
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Polygamy in the West [49 words]	Thiagan	Apr 8, 2008 06:59
the logic behind slavery [53 words]	Jerry M	Feb 16, 2008 20:12
Polygamy is illegal only if there is formal marriage to 2 women. [81 words]	Richard	Feb 11, 2008 12:38
↔ Can Women Have Harems? [102 words]	Nabi	Jun 13, 2008 14:35
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Harems in the West [67 words]	tabingins911	Oct 7, 2007 17:04
On the polygamy issue... [44 words]	E. Sernik	Jun 1, 2007 12:37
↔ Polygamy [171 words]	joeyindc	Jun 7, 2007 20:13
↔ Wake Up, America! [129 words]	Diana Rushford	Apr 18, 2008 14:33
Overlap or the lack thereof [149 words]	David W. Lincoln	Jun 1, 2007 10:28
Bigamy itself is not illegal in New York [225 words]	Griswel	Jun 1, 2007 09:44
↔ yes [36 words]	Juan Camilo	Nov 12, 2008 10:02
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I guess in this century we will have backward civilisation [163 words]	Olie	May 31, 2007 18:14
↔ The solution is simple [159 words]	Candide	Aug 7, 2008 09:08

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