Advantages:
-in societies with a large male:female or female:male ratios this can allow more people to attain the status of married
-allow the production of children when one partner is infertile
-ensures that children will always be cared for (unlikely that ALL parents will die at same time)
-in polygynous marriages, it maximizes the seed-spreading potential of males
-increases amount of family (extended) that can be counted on in times of hardship
-always have a babysitter
Disadvantages:
-perceived 'unfairness'
-social stigma in many cultures
-if both polyandry and polygyny were to be allowed at the same time... marriages could get extremely complicated
The advantages of polygamy include; availability of free labor from the children in farms, it is a source of pride and parents get to have their younger children when they are old. The disadvantages involves the increase in population that exerts pressure on the limited resources and lack of education among the children due to high costs of schooling all of them.
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