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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI guess I’ve forgotten what the problem was exactly. High maternal mortality? How is that not solved by having many redundant wives?
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-219 minutes agoYou don’t just “have many redundant wives”. It starts out roughly 50/50 from birth no matter what you do. You either have more women by having a lot of single men, or a lot of dead men, or by taking women from other places.
I guess I’ve forgotten what the problem was exactly. High maternal mortality? How is that not solved by having many redundant wives?
You don’t just “have many redundant wives”. It starts out roughly 50/50 from birth no matter what you do.
You either have more women by having a lot of single men, or a lot of dead men, or by taking women from other places.