Comment on moms rule
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI guess I’ve forgotten what the problem was exactly. High maternal mortality? How is that not solved by having many redundant wives?
Comment on moms rule
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI guess I’ve forgotten what the problem was exactly. High maternal mortality? How is that not solved by having many redundant wives?
Comment105@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
You don’t just “have many redundant wives”. It starts out roughly 50/50 no matter what you do.
You either have more women by having a lot of single men, or a lot of dead men, or by taking women from other places.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes I mentioned that earlier in the thread. Polygyny = some men have many wives, others have none.
Comment105@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Which does nothing to help with the issue of mothers dying from pregnancy, unless there’s something more that you know?
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Multiple wives => redundant wives. Solves the issue of mothers dying in pregnancy. The more wives you have, the more you expect to survive to be able to care for the children. Having only one wife, on the other hand, means all your eggs are in one basket (apologies)!