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Polygyny may actually be advantageous to most women, while being bad for most men: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200707/ten-politica.... This is because it allows many women to have a more desirable mate than they would otherwise have, while many men end up with no mate at all.

From that perspective, it's no wonder that many patriarchal cultures outlawed polygyny.

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In a way we reverted to this situation after women's sexual liberation. Before the time comes to have children, the most attractive men acquire most of the sex. And this is during the time in which women's attractiveness is at its highest.

It is not until it is time to have children that most women settle down with a man of equal attractiveness (and sometimes not even then since the state will step in to provide resources to single mothers).

You seem to be unaware of how many western wonen in their 40s and 50s are having multiple partners.

But don't forget that these women who are in polygamous marriages will have sons, and most of them won't be able to get married, which presumably will make their mothers unhappy. It's a cruel system.

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