En ny undersøgelse viser, at polygame samfund oplever højere kriminalitet, vold, fattigdom og kønsulighed på grund af konkurrence mellem mænd. I kontrast viser monogame ægteskaber færre sociale problemer og er ved at erstatte polygami globalt som den dominerende kulturinstitution.
Titel på undersøgelse:
Monogamy Reduces Major Social Problems of Polygamist Cultures.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
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. That is a key finding of a new study that explores the global rise of monogamous marriage as a dominant cultural institution. The study suggests that institutionalized monogamous marriage is rapidly replacing polygamy because it has lower levels of inherent social problems.