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... society , the majority of its members are monogamous . Polygyny has quite a few advantages . Where women outnumbered ... society tended to be reproduced . Because of these advantages , it has sometimes been suggested that polygyny should ...
... society , the majority of its members are monogamous . Polygyny has quite a few advantages . Where women outnumbered ... society tended to be reproduced . Because of these advantages , it has sometimes been suggested that polygyny should ...
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... society was indeed based on kinship lines and that , accordingly , it was incumbent upon society - through its agents , the parents - to control this dangerous passion . There were several means of doing this . I have already referred ...
... society was indeed based on kinship lines and that , accordingly , it was incumbent upon society - through its agents , the parents - to control this dangerous passion . There were several means of doing this . I have already referred ...
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... society to complement them . Interestingly enough , Noyes pointed out , the direction taken by a particular religious society depends on whether its leader is a man or woman . In the purely feminine case of Mother Ann , the Shakers ...
... society to complement them . Interestingly enough , Noyes pointed out , the direction taken by a particular religious society depends on whether its leader is a man or woman . In the purely feminine case of Mother Ann , the Shakers ...
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