Dissertations / Theses: 'Polygyny (Polygamy)'

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Wirtshafter, Jasper F. "Are United States Anti-Polygamy Laws Efficient?" Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461327744.

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Mohd, Razif Nurul Huda. ""Halal" intimacy : love, marriage and polygamy in contemporary Malaysia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270549.

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This thesis illustrates how love, legality, money, sex(uality) and sin direct Malays’ marital strategies in the face of various social, moral, religious and structural pressures. Passionate love (cinta) is cherished and celebrated by Malays – that is, if it is indulged within marriage. Marriage serves as a license to engage in (otherwise illicit) sexual desires by rendering them “halal” or lawful in the eyes of Islam and Malay adat (traditions). A vigilant State-led Islamic Bureaucracy, which polices and punishes pre- or extramarital sexual liaisons between unmarried couples through strict moral surveillance, further ensures that access to physical intimacy remains a conjugal privilege. However, hindered by complex bureaucratic procedures for marriage and pressured by escalating passions, many of my Malay informants are compelled to seek cheaper, quicker, and discreet alternatives in neighboring Southern Thailand to “halal-ize” pre- or extramarital romances, resulting in secret – and legally contentious – monogamous or polygamous cross-border marriages. Cross-border marriages – specifically polygamous ones – are subsequently explored here as a careful (and often failed) negotiation between discretion and disclosure: their stability decreases with increased exposure, rendering them highly precarious. Contrary to the dominant male-centric scholarship on polygamy, this study privileges the perspectives and experiences of polygamous wives by considering how their position within the marriage informs their capacity to engage in – or conversely, disengage from – this multi-marital arrangement. Polygamy is embraced by some women as a female choice that secures access to marriage and motherhood – both crucial towards achieving Malay womanhood. For others, polygamy is hardly a “choice” at all, and they must cope with the discomforting reality in which the husband’s money, time, and attention are now “halved” between his wives. Love in polygamy is experienced in visible and measurable terms, and the husband’s unequal distribution of his emotional and economic resources create discontent among wives that may culminate in divorce, or covertly confronted through sorcery. In Malay polygamy, more therefore means less.

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Yang, Manee. "A qualitative study examining the effects of polygyny on Hmong individuals who had been raised in polygynous households." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003yangm.pdf.

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Moudouma, Ngoma François. "La polygamie en situation d’immigration." Thesis, Bordeaux 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR21911/document.

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La polygamie pose à la fois et tacitement, par son existence et ses actions symboliques, et explicitement, par le discours et les théories qu’elle produits ou auxquelles elle donne lieu, à un certain nombre de questions qui sont parmi les plus importantes de mon étude des sciences sociales, et, pour certaines, tout à fait nouvelles. Cette institution de révolte contre une forme particulière de violence symbolique, outre qu’elle fait exister des objets d’analyse nouveaux , met en question très profondément l’ordre symbolique en vigueur et pose de manière tout à fait radicale la question des fondements de cet ordre et des conditions d’une mobilisation réussie en vue de le subvenir, comme le conçoit Pierre Bourdieu. La forme particulière de domination symbolique dont sont victimes les femmes en couples polygames chez les Punu, frappées d’un stigmate qui, à la différence de la couleur de la peau ou de leur féminité, peut être cachée ou (affichée), s’impose à travers des actes collectifs de catégorisation qui font exister des différences significatives , négativement marquées, et par là, des groupes, des catégories sociales stigmatisées. Comme dans certaines espèces de racisme, elle prend en ce cas la forme d’un déni d’existence publique, visible. L’oppression comme « invisibilisation » se traduit par un refus de l’existence légitime, publique, c’est-à-dire connue et reconnue, notamment par le droit, et par une stigmatisation qui n’apparait jamais aussi clairement que lorsque le mouvement revendique la visibilité. Je le rappelle alors explicitement à la « discrétion » ou à la dissimulation qu’elle est ordinairement obligé de s’imposer
Polygamy, both tacitly because of its existence and its symbolical action, and explicitly, through the speeches and the views it expresses or it gives rise to, raises a certain number of queries which are among the most important ones of my social sciences survey and, as far as some of them are concerned, completely new. This institution of revolt against a particular form of symbolic violence, besides the fact that it gives rise to new analysis subjects, thoroughly questions the current symbolic order and completely raises the query of the foundations of this order and of conditions of a successful mobilization in order to support it. The particular form of symbolic domination whose victims are the women in polygamous couples, struck by a mark which, unlike the colour of the skin or femininity, can be hidden or displayed , is obvious through group actions of categorization which give rise to significant differences, negatively marked , and consequently to marked groups and social categories. Like in some kinds of racism, it takes the form of a denial of public existence, which is visible

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Urban, Jens. "La réception de la polygamie au regard du droit français et du droit canadien par rapport au mariage et à ses effets." Thesis, Perpignan, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PERP0011/document.

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La nature de l’institution ou du contrat de mariage a vécu un changement fondamental pendant les dernières années en France et au Canada. Dans une première étape, la thèse analyse pourquoi au Canada et en France les législateurs ne permettent pas la polygamie après avoir libéralisé presque tous les autres aspects du mariage. Deuxièmement, la recherche démontre que la prohibition de la polygamie cause plusieurs effets sur les droits personnels et sur les droits fondamentaux qui sont parfois corrigés par la législation en acceptant la relation polygamique pour ces fins spécifiques.Finalement, la thèse examine la prohibition de la polygamie en France et au Canada à travers une approche critique pour ensuite suggérer les perspectives d’évolution proposées à cette prohibition générale
The nature of the marriage institution, or contract, experienced fundamental changes during the last few years in France and in Canada. In a first step, the thesis analyses why Canadian and French legislators do not allow polygamy after having liberalized almost all other aspects of marriage. Secondly, the research shows that the prohibition of polygamy results in several effects on personal and fundamental rights, which are sometimes corrected through legislation by accepting the polygamous relationship for specific purposes. Finally, the thesis examines the prohibition of polygamy in France and inCanada through a critical approach in order to then suggest an outlook for modifications to this general prohibition

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Burn, Joseph L. "Polygyny and the wren." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360161.

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Holden, Sasha Marie. "The polygamy paradox : a feminist re-understanding of polygamy, human movement and human rights." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2018. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-polygamy-paradox(1b0d3cc8-4387-4e5f-a7fb-2c13e8d2a5de).html.

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This thesis is about the boundaries of domestic immigration law and international human rights regarding polygamy. It considers how polygamous wives are treated, and why. Polygamy has traditionally been viewed in the West as ‘harmful’, both to women and society. Western legal systems do not allow domestic plural marriage, and international human rights institutions recommend the prohibition of polygamy. Despite that, valid foreign polygamous marriages are recognised in the United Kingdom, particularly where it would be more harmful to do otherwise—except in immigration. The Immigration Act 1988 and Immigration Rules exclude additional polygamous wives from reuniting with their families. No exception is made and any harm that women are likely to suffer as a result is irrelevant. This thesis argues that the treatment of additional polygamous wives, particularly in the refugee context where women are more likely to be exposed to insecurity and harm, presents a ‘polygamy paradox’. While formal objections to polygamy are apparently based on harm, they are likely to cause more harm than good. This work interrogates the stance on polygamy to consider not only its paradoxical effect, but what informs this outcome. Applying a critical legal understanding, this thesis exposes not only the unintended consequences of the law. It also highlights what has shaped legal boundaries, historically and more recently, revealing a hidden bias that undermines the legitimacy and efficacy of laws and rights. This work concludes by offering a renewed feminist framework for the consideration of polygamy; one which takes account of gender, history and power. Ordinary epistemological foundations for the treatment of polygamy are disturbed, so the voices of women who have occupied a neglected space at the centre of laws, rights and reality as a relentlessly excluded ‘other’ are heard, and the content of laws and rights may be improved.

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Bretschneider, Peter. "Polygyny : a cross-cultural study /." Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiqsell, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36960460z.

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Nwankpa, Vincent O. "New Testament perspective on marriage and polygamy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Asagba, Francis Kwame. "The canonical response to polygamy and its challenges for the church in Ghana." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1999. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0460.

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Ndabayakhe, Vuyiswa. "Attitudes towards polygamy in select African fiction." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1354.

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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of English at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2013.
Polygamy is widely practised in African communities. The African social-realist novel, especially when it is woman-authored, shows female characters as having to play docile, subservient roles and accept demeaning positions in polygamous marriages. Although it has been claimed that traditional African marriage creates a satisfactory situation for women, mainly by means of the security it offers and the bonds that it forges between co-wives, the narrators of African realist novels almost always expose only evils associated with polygamy. In most of the texts, co-wives experience conflict with one another, not bonds. Men are portrayed as egocentric beings that greedily satisfy their sexual impulses at the expense of women. Encouraged by their families, they inflict irreparable emotional damage not only on their accumulated wives but often also on their offspring. While blinded by their desires, these men engender many unplanned children for whom they usually take little fatherly responsibility. Consequently, children too are objects of pity in many of the books. This dissertation, by means of close analysis of select African narratives, reveals that, despite all the struggles for liberation and democracy, values highly regarded in modern societies, polygamy is a prevailing sign of male dominance in African communities today. The dissertation shows that even such male-authored novels as Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Onuora Nzekwu’s High Life For Lizards fail to recommend a polygamous life to women, while Mariama Bâ ’s So Long a Letter and Scarlet Song, Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood and Kehinde, Es’kia Mphahlele’s Chirundu, Lazarus Miti’s The Prodigal Husband, Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes, Sue Nyathi’s The Polygamist,SembeneOusmane’s Xala, Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, Rebecca HourwichReyher’s Zulu Woman, Miriam KWere’s The Eighth Wife, T.M. Aluko’s One Man One Wife and Aminata Sow Fall’s The Beggars’Strike all use polygamy to highlight the incongruence between the ideals of democracy and the facts of life as experienced by African women. These texts reflect real social problems. They cast light on the inequalities that prevail in polygamous relationships and imply that the principle of equality cannot be achieved as long as polygamy exists.

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Sserunjogi-Salongo, Eriezah Kabona. "Polygamy or monogamy challenges and ramifications for Christian marriage in the Anglican Church of Uganda today /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Daněk, Tomáš. "Analýza algoritmů booleovských operací nad obecnými polygony." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-235449.

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This thesis deals with general polygon boolean operation algorithms. Boolean operations are e.g. intersection, union or difference. A general polygon can be e.g. a selfinterecting polygon with inner hole. Clipping of polygons against a rectangular window is probably the most familiar boolean operation on polygons. At first, basic definitions are listed. Then the principles of a selected set of boolean operation algorithms are reviewed. Finally, a complex comparison of the algorithms is undertaken. Performance as well as the ability to handle degenerate cases are tested. The output of this thesis is an overall evaluation of algorithm properties and a dynamic library that contains the implementation of all of the tested algorithms.

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Karibwije, James E. "Polygamy and the church in Nigeria a study of various Christian positions /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.006-0218.

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Flinn, Charles G. "Did he not make you one? the Pentateuch on polygamy /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Carey, Peter Wright. "Behavioural thermoregulation and polygyny in the New Zealand fur seal." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Zoology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5788.

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The polygynous New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, breeds in densely-packed colonies with males defending exclusive territories. The distribution of animals within a colony of these seals was monitored over three consecutive breeding seasons and behavioural thermoregulation was found to be an important factor influencing the site selection of both males and females. Three substrates were available to seals: rocks in the sun, rocks in the shade, and pools of standing water. The shaded areas and pools were used for cooling and use of these cooling substrates increased as rock surface temperature increased, resulting in a clumped distribution on hot days. Substrate preferences were tested experimentally by manipulating the availability of cooling substrates during two seasons. The number of females using an area increased significantly after shade or pools of water were added to that area. For males, pool additions resulted in increased use of those areas, while adding shade had no effect. Cooling substrates had a patchy distribution and could, therefore, be monopolised by territorial males. The physical characteristics of territories were compared with the numbers of females per territory to determine if harem size was related to cooling substrate availability. Harem size was positively correlated with both shaded substrate area and total territory size, thus demonstrating that female thermoregulatory constraints are a major factor affecting male mating success. Substrate manipulation experiments also revealed that harem size varied in relation to changes in cooling substrate availability, both within the territory being measured and on sites adjacent to it. Harem size increased on two territories after shade was added to them, and also on two territories near sites from which cooling substrates were removed. Another two territories showed a decrease in harem size after cooling substrates were added to neighbouring areas. These results suggest that the quality of a territory (i.e. number of females on it) is directly related to its cooling potential. The role of female aggression in the seals' social system was also investigated. Females defended small territories within male territories using displays and vocalisations not unlike those used by males during territorial disputes. Agonistic interactions occurred most often on shaded rocks, suggesting that this is a limited resource being contested. It is proposed that this competition for preferred microhabitats will limit harem size and, therefore, the mating success of territorial males. Resident females won significantly more conflicts than intruders, regardless of the type of substrate on which the interaction took place.

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Milks, Maynard. "Female choice and polygyny in red-winged blackbirds, Agelaius phoeniceus." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5464.

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Mthembu, Vusumuzi Joseph. "Injula yesithembu ikakhulukazi esizweni samaZulu." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1119.

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Submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Arts in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2000.
Lolu ewaningo Iwenzelwe ukuqhakambisa iZinga lenhlonipho elitholakala esithenjini. Kuzovela ukuthi amadoda, abafazi, izinsizwa, izintombi ezisesithenjini zithi zihlonipha zibe zizihlonipha. Yilowo nalowo akafuni ukuphoxa umuzi wakwabo. Izintombi zomuzi, azifuni ukushiya imilanjwana ngoba ziyazi ukuthi yephuca onina inkomo yohlanga. Lokho kumenza Iowa onentombazane ezalele ekhaya, ezizwe ejezisekile emehlweni kaSokhaya kanye nawesigodi sonke jikelele. Yingakho amantombazane esigodi aye athi athukiwe nxa kukhona insizwa ekhulelise intombazane yesigodi, bese efuna ukugezwa ngembuzi ezobulawa engayidli nokuyidla, ngoba eyithatha njengento edala amashwa namashangusha. Kwamuzi onale ntombazane uze ugcine ugezwe ngenkomo okuthiwa ngeyombhubuzo. Ngamantombazane ehlelwe yilo mshophi agcina eganiselwe amakhehla, ayokwandisa izithembu zamakhehla, ezingatholi ngisho isikhundla sokuba indlu yokugugela ngenxa yokuthi eze ngesijeziso. Lesi sihloko sikhethwe nangenxa yokujula kwaso ekuvezeni amagama ezindlu emzini onesithembu. Kulolu khalo siqonde indlunkulu, ikhohlo, iqadi, isokanqangi kanye namabibi. La magama nje ewodwa ayalwandisa ulimi IwesiZulu. Inhlonipho kankosikazi wasendlunkulu ithe thuthu ngezinga kuneyasekhohlo. Inkosikazi yaseqadini ingena endlunkulu. Kuzocaciswa inzululwazi nezinjulamqondo eziqukethwe yisithembu. Lolu Iwazi luzokwelekelela luthandaniswe nezinsalela zesithembu ezisekhona ukuze kujeqezwe emuva kubuye kugqolozelwe phambili. Lokhu kuzogcina kuveze isithombe sokuthi izolo, inamuhla nekusasa kungenziwa kufane uma ulwazi 4 olugoliwe lufakwe emiqingweni yamabhuku. Bese kuthi zonke izizukulwane eziyolandela. ziluthole lolu Iwazi lukhweziwe Iwalondolozeka kahle. Kumele ukuba abacwaningi balwenze lube ugume kumbe ukhothe Iona olungaboli izizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Lokho kuyokwenza ukuba umuntu athele esandleni afumbele emlonyeni, ashaye esentwala qede ashaye amanhlakomuzi. Ngalokho sihlose ukuveza iqiniso lokuthi lolu cwaningo akulona olokugcina kepha wumzamo wokuthundlaza indlela eyohamba abafowethu nodadewethu abayolandela ukuze bavule 10 mendo ube umgwaqo.

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Belle, Mandisa Annie. "The portrayal of polygamy in Matlosa's novel Mopheme / Mandisa Annie Belle." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10114.

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This study consists of six chapters. Chapter One is the introductory chapter. It identifies the problem, highlights its aims and objectives. It defines concepts and concludes with a literature review and the scope of the study. Chapter Two gives an overview of the theoretical framework paying special attention to psychoanalytic theory which forms the cornerstone of the study. It provides a literary explanation with regard to the nature of polygamy as well as the challenges inherent in polygamous marriages. Chapter Three serves as a prelude to critique how Lesokolla‟s behavioural patterns affected him as a polygamist. Chapter Four focuses on the problems experienced by the society of King Phefomoloha as a result of Lesokolla‟s polygamy. Chapter Five pursues the critique further, this time discussing the impact that Lesokolla‟s polygamy had on the child Tshitso and her mother Botle. Chapter Six is the final chapter of the study. It embodies a general conclusion that is informed by the findings of the study undertaken. It concludes with the suggestions and recommendations for future research in the field of the Basotho and polygamy in their culture, as represented in selected literature artefacts.
Thesis (MA (Sesotho))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013

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Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard. "Polygamy in urban Malaysia : gender, Islam and the production of elites." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251840.

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Hartley, Ian Russell. "Polygyny, parentage and parental investment in the corn bunting, Miliaria calandra." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/34102.

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1) This study investigated the costs and benefits of a polygynous mating system, and its effects on reproductive success and parental care in male and female com buntings (Miliaria calandra), on North Uist, Outer Hebrides. In 1989 and 1990, 41.2% of males were monogamously paired, 33.3% polygynous and 23.5% unpaired; the sex ratio was 1:1. Polygynous males usually paired with two females; occasionally three. The distribution of females among males was not significantly different from a binomial distribution. 2) DNA fingerprinting showed that there were only two possible cases of extra-pair paternity (EPP) due to extra-pair copulation (EPC) (4.5% of 44 offspring; 6.7% of broods), both from the same brood. There were no cases of intra-specific brood parasitism (IBP) (0% of 50 offspring; 0% of 16 broods). EPP was probably rare because of mate guarding by the male, asynchrony between broods for polygynous males and limited opportunities for EPC. Polygynous males fledged more offspring from their territories than did monogamous males because they paired with more females; unpaired males fledged no offspring. 3) Unlike most other polygynous birds, primary and secondary females of polygynous male com buntings had similar reproductive success and both had greater reproductive success than monogamous females. Monogamous females had lower reproductive success because their chicks starved more often. Although monogamous females provisioned nestlings at a similar rate to females of polygynous males, monogamous females delivered smaller food loads, which may have led to the reduced success of those nests. 4) Males rarely fed nestlings before they were four days old. Males provided less food for nestlings than did females at all chick ages and, on average, provided a maximum of only 22.0% of all feeds. Unusually for a polygynous species, males provisioned nestlings of monogamous, primary and secondary females with similar sized food loads and at similar rates. 5) Broods belonging to primary and secondary females were apparently equally valuable to their males because EPP was low in this population and brood sizes were similar between nest classes. Males may have been able to feed both nests because they were temporally separate, although at least one male was able to feed overlapping nests simultaneously. Males provisioned proportionately less than females at early stages of the nestling period, possibly because of sex differences in other available reproductive opportunities. Females had no better available option than to provide parental care to the current brood, whereas males could potentially increase their fitness better by defending a territory in which females could breed. 6) Males appeared to defend areas in which females chose to nest rather than to forage. Females often foraged outside male territories. The territories of unpaired, monogamous and polygynous males did not differ significantly in habitat composition. 7) Female corn buntings neither suffered costs to polygyny, nor did they compete for resources, such as male parental care, nest sites or food. Nests were under-dispersed in space, because of habitat aggregation, and were randomly dispersed in time within territories. Primary and secondary females of polygynous males did not choose territories in the same order, and the first settling females of polygynous males did not settle significantly earlier than monogamous females; this suggests that males were chosen randomly, rather than by the quality of their resources. I suggest that low variance of male territory quality facilitated random female choice of males. A no-cost, no-benefit model, with females choosing males randomly is suggested as the best explanation for the maintenance of polygyny in the com bunting.

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Joshi, Varsha. "Polygamy and purdah in the royal households of Rajasthan 13th-19th centuries." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326298.

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Kleiber, Danika Lynn. "Female intrasexual reproductive competition in the facultatively polygynous song sparrow." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2525.

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Reproductive competition among females is an under-studied aspect of behavioural ecology. In species where males provide non-sharable resources that enhance individual and offspring fitness, such as feeding young, intrasexual conflict among females should be expected. My thesis examined reproductive competition among female song sparrows by estimating the reproductive costs of losing male care and behavioural strategies females employed to avoid the loss of male care. I used a long-term study of song sparrows, a facultatively polygynous passerine, on Mandarte Island, British Columbia Canada, to examine the potential reproductive and survival costs that polygyny might have on females. I found that polygynous females without male care experienced lower nest and lifetime reproductive success than polygynous females with male care. In contrast, female status within polygynous groups had no impact on overwinter survival. Three strategies that females might use to avoid polygyny or ensure access to male parental care while in polygyny include 1) intrasexual aggression to deter secondary females from settling, 2) infanticide of primary female’s nest by secondary females to improve nesting status or 3) nest timing to either increase the comparative worth of the nest through synchrony, or eliminate competition for male care through asynchrony. Using a mount presentation experiment I found that resident females reacted as predicted if intrasexual aggressive behaviour was used to deter secondary female settlement and ensure male parental care. Over 18 years when polygyny occurred in the population, I found evidence that the presence of secondary females was correlated with a rise in the nest failure rate of primary females, but I found no evidence that polygynous females used nest timing strategies to influence access to male care. Overall, my results suggest that female song sparrows use aggressive behaviours to reduce secondary female settlement, and within polygynous groups secondary females may use infanticide to advance their status. Despite the existence of female strategies to circumvent the loss of fitness due to polygynous mating, polygyny still occurred regularly in the population. This observation suggests that the strategies described above are often not effective, or that their costs outweigh the potential gains to individual fitness.

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Lightbody, Jill Patricia Carleton University Dissertation Biology. "Female settling patterns and polygyny in the yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)." Ottawa, 1986.

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Leonard, Martha Louise. "Female choice and the evolution of polygyny in the marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris)." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5201.

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Pearte, Catherine. "Young Adults' Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage and Polygamy As a Function of Demographic, Gender, and Personality Variables." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4054.

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Based on a sample of 814 university students, pro- and anti-same-sex marriage and polygamous marriage groups were established based on students scoring >1 SD above (n = 145; n = 132, respectively) and < 1 SD below the group mean (n = 127; n = 126) on the Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage Scale (ATSSM: Pearl & Paz-Galupo, 2007) and Attitudes Toward Polygamy Scale, which was generated by modifying the ATSSM (ATPM). Compared to pro-same-sex marriage students, anti-same-sex marriage students were significantly more prejudiced against gays and lesbians, authoritarian, religious, and politically conservative. Anti-same-sex marriage students also had less contact with and appreciation for diverse cultural groups, more desire to dominate out-groups, were less autonomous in their thinking, and were more likely to be men. Anti-polygamous students were more strongly opposed same-sex marriage, idealized the traditional family, authoritarian, religious, less autonomous in their thinking, desire to dominate minority groups, and were more likely to be female compared to those who were propolygamous marriage. Results further indicated that, polygamy and same-sex marriage are predicted by different variables, with same-sex marriage being more strongly tied to prejudice against gays and lesbians and polygamous marriage being more strongly tied to beliefs about the inherent morality of conventions surrounding the traditional family. A regression analysis using data from all 814 students yielded almost identical results with regards to identifying variables most predictive of ATSSM. Followup analyses revealed that prejudice against gays and lesbians was the single best predictor of opposition to same-sex marriage and even accounted for the associations between opposition to same-sex marriage and religiosity, political conservatism, and support of traditional marriage and family. With respect to polygamy, data from regression analyses revealed that ATSSM was the best predictor of ATPM. Despite the cultural focus on this variable, however, controlling for ATSSM did not reduce the predictive power of critical variables to a non-significant level. Recommendations for challenging opposition to marriage equality are discussed.
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Department of Psychology
Sciences
Psychology PhD

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Dorey, Pieter Johannes. "Genesis 2:24 locus classicus vir monogamie? : 'n literer-historiese ondersoek na perspektiewe op poligamie in die Ou Testament /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03262004-112924/.

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Alam, Asiya Saikia Yasmin. "Family in transition discourses on polygamy amongst Muslims of North India, c. 1870-1918 /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2361.

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Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 26, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History." Discipline: History; Department/School: History.

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Olorunfemi, Christianah Oluseyi. "Perspectives on HIV/AIDS: American-Based Nigerian Women Who Experienced Polygamy in Rural Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1350.

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Traditionally, in Nigeria women play a subservient role in relation to men. While a man can practice polygamy by marrying many wives, women cannot marry more than one husband at a time. Although researchers have documented the effects of polygamy on the spread of HIV/AIDS, little is known about the experiences of polygamy by Nigerian women who stopped practicing polygamy by immigrating to the United States without their husbands. It is important to know the experiences of these women as they pertain specifically to the spread of HIV/AIDS so as to develop a preventive intervention for HIV/AIDS among Nigerian women in polygamy. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perspectives on HIV/AIDS held by 10 Nigerian women who practiced polygamy in Nigeria before immigrating to the United States. Recruitment was done through purposive sampling at a faith-based organization. Guided by the health belief model, interview transcripts from the 10 women were analyzed to reveal recurrent themes that expressed the women's lived experiences in polygamy with their perspectives on HIV/AIDS. Findings revealed that these women had a basic knowledge of the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS by engaging in polygamy but needed to comply with the terms of sexual encounters as dictated by their husbands; therefore, they were at risk for HIV/AIDS. The results of this study can be used to increase awareness among Nigerian women in polygamy and Nigerian health policy makers regarding the transmission of HIV/AIDS and the preventive measures available for HIV/AIDS. Understanding the experiences of women in polygamy may lead to greater understanding of the impact of polygamy on HIV/AIDS and may help to decrease the prevalence of this disease.

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Baird, Troy Alan. "The adaptive significance of coloniality and harem polygyny in the sand tilefish, Malacanthus plumieri." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29005.

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The social and reproductive biology of the sand tilefish, Malacanthus plumieri (Malacanthidae), was studied in the field at Glover's Reef, Belize, Central America. Discrete colonies of tilefish were highly clumped in some sandy habitats with coral rubble used by tilefish in burrow construction. Both females and males each occupied one "home burrow" as a refuge from predator attacks. Tilefish were most abundant in a channel through the fringing reef. Smaller numbers of fish occupied slopes adjacent to isolated patch reefs (reef slopes) inside the lagoon. Neither limitation of habitat nor social transfer of foraging cues appears to explain colony formation in M. plumieri, because unoccupied habitats were abundant and fish forage solitarily. The proximity of unoccupied to occupied habitats also suggests that colonies do not result because larvae are transported only to some patches. Rather, juveniles appear to settle preferentially near adults, perhaps because proximity to conspecifics reduces predation risk. Contagious reactions to predators and experimental disturbance support this hypothesis. Tilefish disappeared more frequently in the channel than in the reef slope, perhaps because channel fish incurred higher predation rates. Tilefish exhibit a harem polygynous mating system. Home range overlap among fish of the same sex was low. Females and males defended exclusive use of most of their home ranges against all conspecifics except mates. Areas defended by males overlapped the territories of up to six females. Males maintained dominance over mates by aggression. Females spawned as frequently as every day, with the male whose territory encompassed their territories. Histological and behavioral evidence indicate that M. plumieri is capable of functional protogynous hermaphroditism. Removal tests and observations on foraging indicated that females defend burrows and feeding spaces. Male removals revealed that females mate with whichever male occupies their feeding territory, and do not position territories solely to be near mates. Female removals confirmed that intrasexual competition restricts use of space by some females. Colony formation suggests, however, that competition costs are not so high as to prevent female occupation of adjacent territories. Instead, joining harems may promote spawning opportunities for females that are restricted to burrows for predator avoidance. Removal tests indicated that males position their territories to defend female territories and acquire mates. However, males did not prevent mates from moving to other harems when females were removed. Males also did not abandon their territories when mates were removed. A dichotomy between resource and female defense does not apply to tilefish or to other group-living fishes where females are site-restricted and egg production occurs year-round. Differences in tilefish density suggest that reef slope and channel habitats may differ in quality. Channel females spawned twice as frequently as reef slope females, but daily batch fecundity and net yearly mating success were similar in the two habitats. By contrast, net yearly male mating success was higher in the channel because harems were larger. Adults did not move between reef slope and channel habitats. Therefore, the dense concentration of adult M. plumieri in the channel, appears to be a consequence of larval transport by prevailing currents. Supplemental feeding increased female fecundity and growth in both habitats. Different responses to feeding by reef slope and channel females is consistent with the hypothesis that reproductive tactics are conditional upon the type of predation risk that fish experience in local habitats.
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Zoology, Department of
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El, Harari Al Shawesh Assma. "Regards croisés sur les unions conjugales : droit français - droit libyen." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCB174.

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Le droit français et le droit libyen reposent sur des principes foncièrement différents. Le premier, fondé sur la laïcité, prône l'égalité homme-femme. Le second, de tradition religieuse n'est pas favorable à ce principe, la prédominance masculine en est le trait caractéristique. Cette distinction se voit tout au long de notre étude. Dans une première partie nous traitons les différentes formes de couples que connaissent les deux systèmes ainsi que les effets de nature aussi bien personnelle que patrimoniale qui en résultent. Cela comprend notamment l'exercice de l'autorité parentale et la contribution aux frais de ménage. Dans la seconde partie, il est question de la dissolution du couple et des conséquences qu'elle produit, personnelles comme patrimoniales. Malgré les différences entre les deux systèmes, on observe des difficultés de part et d'autre relatives à l'existence et à la dissolution du couple. Le système français est très attaché aux principes de liberté, égalité ; le système libyen est d'avantage protectionniste. D'une manière générale, les unions conjugales sont toujours le reflet d'une culture et des évolutions dans une société
The author deals with different forms of marital unions in French and Libyan law. The main questions treated in the thesis are the consequences of marital life and its dissolution

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Weis, Rebecca L. "Historical Progression of Problem Definition for the Practices of Polygamy and Prostitution in the United States." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151340686.

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Scribner, Robbyn Thompson. "Epideictic Rhetoric and the Formation of Collective Identity: Nineteenth-Century Mormon Women in Praise of Polygamy." Diss., BYU ScholarsArchive, 1998. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTNZ,22802.

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Moore, Bonnie Bastian. "Creating Space and Place: The Life of a Mormon Polygamous Woman, Amy Teresa Leavitt Richardson." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1155.

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This thesis focuses on the life of one woman, Amy Teresa Leavitt Richardson, who employed practical jokes, humor, and the assertion of will to cross gendered social boundaries and appropriate decision-making authority. At a time when the Cult of True Womanhood prevailed in America at large, confining females to the domestic sphere, Teresa claimed space for herself as a Mormon woman in her patriarchal church and male-run village. Within the liminal wilderness spaces of the West and the liminal psychological and social spheres where men and women tried to hammer out day-to-day living arrangements within Mormon polygamy, Teresa creatively employed pranks and humor. I discuss her actions in terms of the traditional realm of women in the nineteenth century and in terms of humor theory, analyzing the way her pranks worked to change social structure and identity, not only for Teresa but also for the close-knit sisterhood of Mormon women in Colonia Diaz, Mexico.

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Smoczynski, Eva. "Poly - bejakandet av samtidigt begär och samtidig kärlek. : En genusvetenskaplig intervjustudie om att (vilja) ha flera kärleksfulla intima relationer samtidigt." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Gender, Culture and History, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-835.

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Poly, to live in several loving and intimate relationships at the same time, is one alternative to the mono norm. In Sweden polygamy is illegal yet in recent years poly has slowly started to enter the hetero normative political agenda and raise debate in the media. But what does poly mean, and how do those who identify with this type of relationship describe it in contrast to mono? The theoretical framework is based on a structural viewpoint of the changes in the organisation of the family and the growing de-traditionalism of society. Amongst other I use a Foucauldian perspective to explain the structural shift (yet not replacement) between an Alliance pattern and a Sexuality pattern. Other theories in use are that of the emerging ideal of The Pure Relationship and Queer Tendencies. The essay draws its empirical results from seven e-mail and/or face interviews with individuals who identify with poly. The results show that if poly and mono are both understood as expression of the pure relationship they are potentially not so different. Yet the stigma and the lack of role models show that there is much needed public debate about it to unleash it from old discourses that still seem to uphold the equation that love equals two partners. Drawing attention to queer mechanism and the initiated process of the decentralisation of the heterosexual norm, I speculate that in the future polygamy must not be a foreign concept in Swedish society.

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Carmichael, Adam Burke. "The biopolitics of normative monogamy : a critical discourse analysis of the polygamy debate and Bountiful, British Columbia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28199.

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The issue of polygamy has become a political problem in the last twenty years in Canada, and in British Columbia specifically, because of legal ambiguity regarding the constitutionality of Canada's anti-polygamy law. This problem has been approached by academics primarily through a legal negotiation of women's rights versus religious minority rights. Popular polygamy discourse, however, is largely informed by a debate within the print media over core Canadian values regarding sexuality. This thesis examines the unequal power dynamics that serve as the preconditions for this debate and that are reinforced through the discourse. These dynamics form a complex web between various groups such as GLBTQ communities, social conservatives, secular feminists and those practising polygamy. I rely on a genealogical discourse analysis that traces the development of polygamy discourse in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, and the continuity of this discourse in the contemporary debate in Canada. Drawing on a critical analysis of Canadian print media, I argue that the contemporary polygamy debate reinforces a biopolitics of normalization in which a hetero-normative, monogamous and economically productive family unit is privileged at the expense of marginalized sexual-family structures that are characterized as a threat to the national population. I conclude that feminists concerned with equality within polygamous communities should take into account this exclusionary normalization while working against patriarchal forms of polygamy.

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Schriml, Lynn M. "An examination of the ecological correlates and evolution of polygyny in marsh wrens in Delta, British Columbia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq26140.pdf.

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Arvidsson, Amanda. "ATT DELA KAKAN PÅ FLERA : En studie om rätten till arv vid polygami." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-72971.

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Written in Swedish with an English abstract. Polygamy has recently received more and more attention in Sweden due to, among other things, the streams of refugees and globalization. The Swedish norm of marriage is monogamy thus family constellations that go against this sometimes have difficulties to adapt to the Swedish family law. Polygamy is a collective name for marriages where a person is married to several people at the same time. The sex basically does not play a role in the concept of polygamy, but the most common marriage constellation, and the constellation that this essay has delimited itself to, is the one where one man is married to several women. Today, polygamy is mainly practiced in the Muslim countries of Asia and Africa where the Qur'an is an important part of the construction of the countries' legal systems. In order for polygamy to be allowed in Sweden, it is required that the marriage can be recognized according to the law on certain international legal relationships concerning marriage and guardianship (lag om vissa internationella rättsförhållanden rörande äktenskap och förmynderskap). According to the Swedish Tax Agency's (Skatteverket) investigation, there are currently 679 persons registered with one or more spouses in the population register in Sweden; on the other hand, the figure is not considered to reflect reality. When a person dies, there are many things to be organized. Most of these issues in Sweden are regulated in the Inheritance Code (ärvdabalken). But since most of the family law in Sweden is based on the Swedish norm of marriage of monogamy, there are several application problems when the Inheritance Code is to be applied to polygamous marriages. But although the law is mainly designed for monogamy, it is possible to apply the law to polygamous family constellations. Even though it is not designed for this purpose, the law should be considered flexible enough that it can be applied. However, the application of the law creates problems among other things when it comes to the women in the relationship. It is clear that women in polygamous marriages have more uncertainties than women in monogamous marriages when it comes to the right to inherit and survivor`s protection. It is also difficult to presume that the proposal for legislative amendment that are on the table will contribute to strengthening the protection of the women. However, there are many indications that it in general looks good for the children in the marriages. There is really not much that suggests that children whose parents are in polygamous relationships are treated a lot differently when it comes to the right to inherit then children with parents in monogamous marriages.
Polygami har på senare tid uppmärksammats mer och mer i Sverige med anledning av bland annat flyktingströmmar och globalisering. Den svenska äktenskapsnormen är tvåsamhet, monogami vilket således har lett till att familjekonstellationer som går emot denna norm ibland har svårt att anpassas till den svenska familjerätten. Polygami är ett samlingsnamn för äktenskap där en person är gift med flera personer samtidigt. I grunden spelar könet inte någon betydelse för begreppet polygami men den vanligaste äktenskapskonstellationen, och den konstellation som uppsatsen har avgränsat sig till, är den där en man är gift med flera kvinnor. Idag är polygami främst praktiserat i de muslimska länderna i Asien och Afrika där Koranen är en viktig del av uppbyggnaden av ländernas rättsordningar. För att polygami ska bli tillåtet i Sverige krävs det att äktenskapen kan erkännas enligt lagen om vissa internationella rättsförhållanden rörande äktenskap och förmynderskap. Enligt Skatteverkets utredning finns det idag 679 personer registrerade med en eller flera makar i folkbokföringsdatabasen i Sverige, däremot anses siffran inte spegla verkligheten. När en människa dör är det mycket saker som ska anordnas. De flesta av dessa angelägenheterna i Sverige regleras i ärvdabalken. Men eftersom den till största delen av familjerätten i Sverige utgår från den svenska äktenskapsnormen om tvåsamhet, föreligger det ett flertal tillämpningsproblem när ärvdabalken ska tillämpas på polygama äktenskap. Men trots att lagen i huvudsak är utformad för monogami finns det möjlighet att tillämpa lagen vid polygama familjekonstellationer. Trots att lagen i sig inte är konstruerad för polygama familjer torde den dock vara så flexibel att den går att tillämpa. Tillämpningen av lagen är dock behäftade med problem för bland annat kvinnorna i relationen. Det är tydligt att kvinnor i polygama äktenskap har det mer osäkert än kvinnor i monogama äktenskap när det kommer till arv och efterlevnadsskydd. Att de förslag till lagändring som ligger på bordet kommer bidra till en stärkelse av kvinnornas skydd är även det svårt att förmoda. Mycket tyder dock på att det överlag ser bra ut för barnen i äktenskapen. Det finns egentligen inte mycket som tyder på att barnen i hög utsträckning blir särbehandlade jämte barn i monogama äktenskap.

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Davies-Laubscher, Nicola. "The role of the media in framing President Jacob Zumas multiple or concurrent sexual relationships as cultural polygamy." Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86506.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Many questions have been asked as to why sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly South Africa, has such a high incidence of HIV/AIDS. While social and economic power imbalances between the sexes, coupled by the biological vulnerability of women, play an important role in the rapid spread of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, what truly seems to set South Africa apart from the rest of the world is the high incidence of multiple or concurrent sexual relationships. Multiple or concurrent sexual relationships are defined as sexual partnerships that overlap in time, when one partnership starts before another terminates. These types of relationships have the potential to create complex sexual networks – commonly referred to as a “sexual superhighway” – for the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, most notably HIV/AIDS. While the practice of multiple or concurrent sexual relationships is to a large extent under-reported by the South African media, a great deal of media attention is given to President Jacob Zuma’s practice of polygamy as a Zulu cultural tradition. The researcher proposes that Zuma’s intimate partnerships stray from the well-defined parameters of cultural polygamy and that he does, in fact, has multiple or concurrent sexual relationships that fall outside the boundaries of polygamy. The researcher further proposes that the example set by the President in his personal life has an effect on the general morality of the South African people and especially on women’s status in society.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Baie vrae is al gevra oor hoekom sub-Sahara Afrika, en spesifiek Suid-Afrika, so ŉ hoë voorkoms van MIV/Vigs het. ŉ Sosiale en ekonomiese magswanbalans tussen mans en vroue, tesame met die verhoogde biologiese kwesbaarheid van vroue vir seksueel-oordraagbare siektes, speel ŉ rol in die vinnige verspreiding van die MIV/Vigs epidemie in Suid-Afrika maar wat ons blykbaar onderskei van die res van die wêreld is die hoë voorkoms van veelvuldige of samelopende seksuele verhoudings. Veelvuldige of samelopende seksuele verhoudings word gedefinieer as verhoudings wat oorvleuel of waar een verhouding begin voordat ŉ vorige verhouding beëindig is. Hierdie tipe verhoudings het die potensiaal om komplekse seksuele netwerke te vorm – algemeen beskryf as “seksuele super-snelweë” – waarbinne seksueel-oordraagbare siektes, insluitende MIV/Vigs, vinnig kan versprei. Terwyl veelvuldige of samelopende seksuele verhoudings min aandag geniet in die Suid-Afrikaanse media, is daar wel ŉ fokus op President Jacob Zuma se uitlewing van sy Zulu-tradisie van poligamie. Die navorser stel egter voor dat Zuma se intieme verhoudings afwyk van die goedge-definieerde riglyne van kulturele poligamie en dat hy in werklikheid eerder veelvuldige of samelopende seksuele verhoudings het wat buite die reëls van poligamie val. Die navorser stel verder voor dat die voorbeeld wat die President in sy persoonlike lewe stel ŉ uitwerking het op die moraliteit van Suid-Afrikaners en veral op die status van vroue in die samelewing.

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Burrow, Olan H. "Equipping students of the International Baptist Theological Seminary of East Africa to deal with the issue of polygamy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Widyaningrum, Novi Siriwan Grisurapong. "Women's experience in polygamous marriates : a study of nature of, forms, effects on and responses of abused wives in polygamous marriages in temanggung, central java, Indonesia /." Abstract, 2005. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2548/cd376/4637971.pdf.

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Pribil, Stanislav. "Tests of hypotheses for the occurrence of polygyny in territorial birds using the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq21977.pdf.

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Passek, Kelly Marie. "Extra-pair paternity within the female-defense polygyny of the lizard, Anolis carolinensis: Evidence of alternative mating strategies." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28177.

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Mate competition is a prominent component of sexual selection theory. Typically, males attempt to mate with the most females possible and females attempt to mate with the highest quality males possible. In the polygynous female-defense mating system of Anolis carolinensis, males compete directly for females through territorial behavior. Inter-male competition is intense due to an average polygyny ratio of 1 male to 3 females despite a 1:1 adult sex ratio. Through high levels of territorial behavior (e.g., 100 displays/h, 27 m patrol distances/h, 70% of day in defense-related activities), males attempt to exclude other males from resident females who, in turn, both store sperm and ovulate a single-egg clutch at weekly intervals over a 4-month breeding season. Paternity of hatchlings in 16 naturally occurring breeding groups was analyzed to determine the extent to which the territorial resident male was able to prevent other males from fathering offspring of his resident females. Lizards residing in or neighboring a resident maleâ s territory were collected and RAPD-PCR was used to determine the paternity of hatchlings. Of the 48 hatchlings from 26 females, resident territorial males fathered 52% of hatchlings; 15% were fathered by a male whose territory bordered that of the resident male and 21% were fathered by a smaller male living covertly within the resident maleâ s territory. Paternity for the remaining 12% of hatchlings belonged to an unsampled male. Given that females mated with multiple males, laboratory-based controlled matings were conducted where females were sequentially paired with two males and RAPD-PCR was used to analyze which of the two males fathered the subsequent hatchlings to determine the mechanism of sperm precedence. Regardless of mating order, only one male of the pair fertilized the eggs. Male A. carolinensis have reproductive strategies present in addition to defending resident females and female A. carolinensis have options in addition to simply mating with the resident male. While sperm precedence is present in this species, it is not based on mating order, but may involve both the number of sperm deposited in the femaleâ s tract as well as the quality of those sperm.
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Kurhengamuzimu, Theotime. "Étude critique sur le rôle de la femme dans Les Soleils des indépendances d’Ahmadou Kourouma." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Franska, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-23255.

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Sur la base des travaux de Simone de Beauvoir Deuxième sexe I et Deuxième sexe II, et d’autres articles importants, une analyse sur la condition et la conception des femmes dans Les Soleils des indépendances a été effectuée dans le but d’étudier l’image de la femme postcoloniale africaine en général, et ivoirienne en particulier comparativement à celle d’avant l’indépendance. En examinant les conditions de la femme dans Les Soleils des indépendances d’Ahmadou Kourouma nous nous sommes retrouvés confrontés à certaines idées telles que la soumission, la société patriarcale, la femme traditionnelle, la femme moderne, la liberté, la femme comme mère mais aussi comme objet et victime des atrocités liées aux coutumes et traditions. Malgré l’accession de la Côte d’Ivoire à l’indépendance cette condition n’a pas été améliorée, et c’est ce que l’auteur dénonce indirectement et peut-être inconsciemment.
Based on Simone de Beauvoir’s work The Second Sex, and other important articles, an analysis of the condition and conception of women was carried out in order to study the image of the postcolonial African women in general, and Ivorian in particular, in comparison with the women before the independence. Through the analyse of the condition of women in Ahmadou Kourouma’s The Suns of Independence, we came across ideas such as submission, patriarchal society, traditional woman, modern woman, freedom, women as mothers but also women as sexual objects and victims of customs and traditions related atrocities. Despite the accession of Ivory Coast to independence this condition has not improved, and this is what Kourouma is indirectly or maybe unconsciously denouncing.

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Marlita, Tita. ""Ways of knowing" : Islamic customs of polygamy, veiling and seclusion in the autobiographical writings of Huda Shaarawi and Kartini /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ47428.pdf.

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Colson-Moon, Jamie Colleen. "Reproductive Characteristics, Multiple Paternity and Mating System in a Central Florida Population of the Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000115.

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Hambert, Malin. "”En fru är ett problem, två fruar är två problem” : synen på polygyni bland unga ogifta män i Gambia." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Social Work, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7264.

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Studien syftar till att undersöka attityderna kring polygyni bland unga ogifta män i Gambia. Kvalitativa enskilda intervjuer har utförts på män i landets stadsområden, och svaren har sedan analyserats utifrån ett socialkonstruktivistiskt perspektiv. Resultatet påvisar att polygyni har många negativa aspekter och inte alltid är frivilligt, ens för männen. Det indikerar även att traditionen håller på att avta i landets urbana delar. Attityderna förändras och polygyni anses, av många, vara ett problem mer än ett privilegium. Studien är relevant för socialarbetare och andra yrkesgrupper som arbetar med människor, speciellt de som arbetar internationellt i länder där liknande familjestrukturer är vanliga.

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Isabelle, André L. "The role of predation in the adaptive value of coloniality and polygyny in the yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5461.

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Peterson, Jeff R. "Polyfidelity and the Dynamics of Group Romantic Relationships." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3254.

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Monogamy is considered the romantic norm for establishing family and kinship. Alternative relationships such as polyfidelity, that is, a group romantic relationship, often face prejudice and social stigma resulting in a greater need for mental health counseling services compared to those who are not stigmatized. Yet counselors and counselor educators lack both understanding and cultural competency for serving this population. The purpose of this study was to better understand the dynamics of a polyfidelity relationship, as well as how a counselor might better serve the needs of individuals engaged in this type of relationship. In this study, 14 participants described what it was like to be in a polyfidelitous relationship. A combined theoretical framework-based on relational cultural theory, social constructionism, and queer theory was used to reveal the challenges, as well as the strengths, of such a relationship. It was discovered that there are an exponential number of relationship combinations when introducing an additional member into an existing 2-person relationship. As a result the relational component in counseling becomes compounded. For example, a 3-person relationship has 4 unique relationships, a 4-person relationship has 11 unique relationships, and a 5-person relationship has 26 unique relationship combinations. In addition, members of group relationships often use their group dynamics to check and balance one another, resolve conflict, and better express aspects of each partner's personality. The implications for social change are multifold in both furthering mental health professional's understanding of alternative families, as well as identifying the advantages and pitfalls of engaging in a polyfidelitous relationship.

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Stassen, Heather M. "Mediated Constructions and Audience Responses to Polygamist Controversies." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1272568773.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Polygyny (Polygamy)'

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