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Re:How Do You Rebuild Your Life After Leaving a Polygamous S... by dropit_sphere on Monday January 22, 2018 @12:26AM (#16202127)
One point of view is that the U.S. is currently running under semi-polygamous norms. A stunning proportion of U.S. adults are "single," but that doesn't necessarily mean they're not having sex.

Of course---partners are not evenly distributed, leading to numerical outcomes more akin to polygamy than polite society might pretend.

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Re:How Do You Rebuild Your Life After Leaving a Polygamous S... by bsder on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:25PM (#16208590)
Most people would not equate "serially monogamous" with "semi-polygamous".

I don't know that many people who are having sex with multiple partners simultaneously in spite of Tinder and the hookup culture.

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