I understand her purpose [in making this statement], and I assume that she did not [actually] mean to advocate polyandry, since she is against polygamy [in any form]. She only wanted to tell the men who practice polygamy that this is an ...
Polygyny (the state of having several wives) was practiced by those economically capable of it and polyandry (the condition of having plural husbands) existed among some groups. In historic times the Ute carried on an extensive slave ...
the nilgiris, i knew, were home to a number of hill tribes, including the todas, who, i had been informed, practiced polyandry, and also the kurumbas, who were sorcerers. to find out more, i caught a bus to the tribal research center, ...
