Polygamy should be legal

did Con just send me TV reality shows as "sources" for polygamy resulting in more children?! Yeah I did. They are real people after all and their family is real so what makes it invalid? Con just proved his/hers argument wrong.No I didn't (ps. I'm a girl so just call me she/her). If they use condoms, from where will the spouses get STD's?Ridiculous! If one of the spouses had STD's then that would force them to use a condom and stop them from having children especially if that is what they really wanted. How sad is that?One, you cannot dominant wherever consent is involved. Do you mean "dominate?" And yes you can whether there is consent to it or not. The definition of dominance is to have power on infulence over someone against their will or not. Consent implies that a person considers another to be worthy enough to be his partner. I get that, but that is not what I'm implying.No one gains money from a marriageFalse. But this really depends on the individual couple. When your're married, sometimes your partner has access to your money if you give them access to it or if youhave a joined back account or something (forgive me I'm not ver good with finances). SO what if you come from a wealthy family? Your spose could all of a sudden freeze you bank account(s) and leave you in debt if they are a horrible partner. Greed for sex? One, consent. If the two have more of a sexual desire, there is nothing wrong with that.No there isn't. I was not implying greed for sex but since men normally have higher sex drives than women, it would kind of make sense for SOME men to have a need for sex so he must have as many female partners as possible. Again, I'm not implying ALL men are like this, but some very well may be. If one partner doesn't like it and wants more, there will not be any marriage. Two, divorce.They shouldn't have married in the FIRST place!"...their oldest son Josh Duggar molested some of his sisters.."Molestation is not consent. If your point is sexual desire, see above.That's not the point. I was saying that not all parents are good parent of their children and although I understand why Jim Bob and Michelle would be hesitant to call the police on their own son, the completely disregarded their own daughters!""Allegedly, when the competition for brides go up, men try to secure brides at younger ages."Why would they do that?Why wouldn't they? "First, 'Why wouldn't they?' is not an argument.Why can't it be an argument? What makes you think that men will not want to get brides at a younger age if there are few available for them already?Second, if you mean men want younger wives as they are more attractive, it's pretty much the same argument. If the two have only a sexual desire, there is nothing wrong with that. So you think that a 15 year old girl sleeping with a 40 year old man is okay? (just an example). If one partner doesn't like it and wants more but the other doesn't, there will not be any marriage. Shouldn't have gotten married in the first place!Third, why would competition for brides grow?Isn't it obvious? If all men went to be polygamists, there would be fewer women for other men to marry so they would be at competition with one another to take a wife. It really isn't that hard to understand.If it's "gredd", see above.Don't toy with me! :) I, however, object to the "try to find as many wives as possible." Men are not "shopping" for wives. They do not go out and search for prospective wives.How do you know that? There are many men in the 21st century who act like 19th century men who only view women as sexual objects and their property to be owned. These men might very well go around "stalking" for wives. But, in the end, they NEED consent from the women. That is the crux of this entire debate. Everything in this world is now about "consent" isn't it? Well did you know that what people want is not always what's best for them? (it's just a statement that is not necessarily relevant to what we are talking about but I am sick and tired of hearing the "consenting adults" argument)DIVORCE. DIVORCE. DIVORCE. I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW! But divorce can be a hard financial and emotional hit on a married couple and their children. Some women are scared of divorce because of these reasons so divorce is not always the best route to happiness. You may be free from abuse and all but then for some people it will be a struggle to provide for yourself and your children if you have any.Yes, the relationships are complicated. Stable marriages might be an impossiblity. But, that would not be possible if the previous spouse had not accepted the husband's choice of spouse. Of course, a possessive partner would be a tough obstacle. Societal norms would change, for example, having a date along with one's partner, etc. Children are a different facet. Why would there be a greater impact on children in a polygamous relationship? It would probably be the same as in a monogamous relationship.Of course monogamous marriages are not nearly as perfect just like polygamous marriages aren't but let's just say for arguments sake that the man wanted to take another wife and one of his other ones was not to happy about it. Don't you think he should seek approval from his other wives? Otherwise when he married this other woman, there could be a bitter jealously between her and the other wives. Again, this is just for arguments sake. You don't get that type of thing in monogamous relationships. Yes there can still be jealousy but you won't have to necessarily spend the rest of your life with that person unlike in a polygamous relationship."Even in this monogamous society people hate it when somebody else in in love with the same person. How would that be any different in a polygamous society?"Uh.. the spouse's consent is needed?Uh, and what if the spouse doesn't give consent?There might be no need for polygamy, but it doesn't mean that polygamy should be criminalised. If there arises a situation, polygamy could be one way of solving it.And if there were ever to come a day, the government would then make polygamy legal. Simple, but right now, there is no situation that requires polygamy.The use of sexist arguments is probably frowned upon in DDO. I'm not being sexist. There's nothing wrong with men being more competitive than women. With that, my arguments against polygamy is over.