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Past featured editors Debate:Polygamy (redirect page) Past Debate Digest topics Debatepedia:Editing tasks Argument: Polygamy is valuable in communities with a shortage of males Argument: You cannot criminalize polygamy and not adultery Argument: Polygamy laws deter crime-reporting by those within these communities Argument: Consenting adults should be free to engage in polygamy Argument: Abuses happen in polygamy and monogamy; why alienate polygamy Argument: Polygamous women are being brain-washed and don't have a choice Argument: Polygamy reduces the impulse to adultery and resulting divorces Argument: Polygamy is only appropriate when a man can provide for more than one wife Argument: In tolerant societies why single out and criminalize polygamy? Argument: Criminalizing polygamy unfairly alienates immigrant polygamists Argument: Polygamy provides for male promiscuity and female desires for security Argument: Polygamy counters loneliness associated with small two-parent families Argument: Polygamy helps ensure that fathers stick around for their children Argument: Polygamous families provide women with an ideal support network Argument: Jealousies between polygamous wives can be contained with a sense of "sisterhood" Argument: Polygamy can help a society increase its population size Argument: It can be ensured that all polygamists are of consenting age Argument: Polygamous wives are deprived a right to participate in choosing new wives Argument: Legal polygamy could require that wives consent to adding new wives Argument: Polygamy leaves some men with no women to marry; socially destabilizing Argument: If polygamy is bad for individuals, let them figure it out on their own Argument: Religious polygamy is the victim of unfair prejudices Argument: Polygamy's long and widespread history suggest it has merit Argument: Polygamy is no worse than modern serial monogamy Argument: Most plural marriages involve girls in teens that can't "choose" Argument: Many polygamist women are forced to marry blood relatives Argument: Polygamy can be viewed as the enslavement of wives by men Argument: Many polygamist wives are denied birth control and choice in conception Argument: Polygamous women can choose the right husband, even if he is married Argument: Polygamous women can scrutinize married men in action before marrying Argument: Polygamous wives have security of husbands not having to divorce to re-marry Argument: Polygamy provides wives with a sisterhood of life-long friends Argument: Polygamous families are more dynamic and nurturing of diverse interests Argument: Polygamy ensures men don't shirk commitments to those they have sex with Argument: Polygamy is an empowering lifestyle for women Argument: Women in polygamous communities have no options so no choice Argument: Polygamous women do not receive a fair commitment from their husbands Argument: Polygamy has long been part of many religious traditions Argument: Criminalizing polygamy applies a moral double standard Argument: Criminalizing polygamy violates the right to freedom of religion Argument: Polygamy sacrifices love between mates to other considerations Argument: Polygamous marriages are typically hierarchical and undemocratic Argument: Polygamous family dynamics are complicated and unstable Argument: Polygamy is not supported in the Bible Argument: Polygamy makes individual wives feel that they are insufficient Argument: Polygamy causes jealousy and competition between wives Argument: Competition between wives for husband's attention erodes the sisterhood Argument: Polygamy subjects children to an environment of rivalry and insecurity Argument: Polygamous fathers can't give their children adequate attention Argument: Polygamy fosters the spread of venereal diseases between wives Argument: Priesthoods frequently take wives away from unruly husbands Argument: Most mormon polygamy priesthoods uphold "the freedom to be oppressed" Argument: Doctrines and Covenants Section 132 forces polygamy on followers with the threat of damnation Argument: Polygamy does not exist for religious reasons Argument: Religious polygamists often see their religious laws as above state law Argument: Polygamist priests convince women that God made them inferior Argument: Polygamy allows men to avoid controlling their sexual impulses Argument: Polygamy will always be sexist with patriarchal polygyny predominating Argument: Polygamy increases wives held by wealthy men, increasing inequality Argument: With a lower availability of women, polygamy creates bitter competitions between men Argument: Polygamy is not equivalent to gay marriage in nature Argument: Polygamy creates a competition for women that lowers age of marriage Argument: Polygamous men are strained in managing household complexities Argument: Polygamy leaves women sexually unsatisfied and prone to adultery Argument: Legalizing polygamy will cause all women to worry about husbands pursue new wives Argument: Legalizing polygamy could spread the institution and its social harms Argument: Large polygamous families generally enjoy lower quality of life Argument: Polygamy wrongly promotes patriarchal principles in society Argument: Older wives suffer when new wives enter a polygamous marriage Argument: Polygamous divorce is a legal nightmare in dividing children and property Argument: Attempts to enforce the criminalization of polygamy have failed badly Argument: Raids on polygamists are traumatizing to these communities Argument: Polygamous husbands effectively own their wives Argument: Polygamous husbands often favor wives that give the most sexual favors Argument: Fundamentalist polygamy dress codes are misogynous and oppressive Argument: Polygamy ordains men to dominate and abuse wives Argument: Religious polygamous men are "empowered by God" to abuse wives Argument: Polygamous families provide good financial support networks Argument: Polygamy has a long-standing history in Judaism Category:Asian Parliamentary Debate Topics Debatepedia top 10 pro/con articles Debatepedia top 25 pro/con articles User:DevynBlake View (previous 50) (next 50) (20 \| 50 \| 100 \| 250 \| 500). 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