Quote by Elaine Pagels

The response of the men who were introduced into polygamy between 1841 and 1846 was anything but enthusiastic. The same was true of the…

— Leonard J. Arrington

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it

— Elbert Hubbard

Polygamy is needed to prevent a man from taking up a lover, which can cause health issues and rifts in the family and would…

— Ramzan Kadyrov

“Polygamy was common [amongst the Navajo], but women had superior property rights, owning sheep and the houses. A man who deserted his family would…

— Timothy Egan

Giving married women an independent legal existence did not destroy heterosexual marriage. And allowing husbands and wives to construct their marriages around reciprocal duties…

— Stephanie Coontz

I have a theory: I believe that with the advent of the United States and the lawful definition of marriage, it was defined as…

— Ariel Pink

Actually, there is a sense in which polygynous marriage has not been the historical norm - even where polygyny is permitted, multiple wives are…

— Robert Wright

Polygamy causes a lot of strife

— Yoshiko Sakurai

“A major goal of polygyny in divine marriage is to eliminate the potential exploitation of women and other negatives that can occur under a…

— Patricia Dixon

“Polygamy is about sex, whereas monogamy is about love.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Monogamy was an invention of men who wished to reduce the power of women over them.”

— Louis de Bernières

“Far from being laws to protect women, antipolygamy statutes may really do more to protect men.”

— Matt Ridley