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Abuse. v. t. e. Polyandry ( / ˈpɒliˌændri, ˌpɒliˈæn -/; from Ancient Greek πολύ (polú) 'many' and ἀνήρ (anḗr) 'man') is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and two or more females. If a marriage involves a plural number of ...
Psychologists, Costa and Davies (2012), found that enforcing conservative gender roles, a social structure, is correlated with holding negative feelings and ideas for the LGBT community. [67] Australian-Canadian ethicist Margaret Somerville says, "giving same-sex couples the right to found a family unlinks parenthood from biology". [68]
Non-monogamyand polyamory. A cuckquean is the wife of an adulterous husband (or partner for unmarried companions), and the gender-opposite of a cuckold. [1] In evolutionary biology, the term is also applied to females who are investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own.
To give the wife partial or total control over property belonging or potentially accruing to the husband. To establish a joint fund of property – a partnership – for the benefit of the children of the marriage. To establish a socially significant 'relationship of affinity' between the husband and his wife's brothers."
t. e. Complementarianism is a theological view in some denominations of Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam, [ 1] that men and women have different but complementary roles and responsibilities in marriage, family, and religious life. Complementary and its cognates are currently used to denote this view. [ 2]
Frequently, [clarification needed] visiting marriage is being practiced, meaning that husband and wife are living apart, in their separate birth families, and seeing each other in their spare time. The children of such marriages are raised by the mother's extended matrilineal clan.
e. In sexual relationships, concepts of age disparity, including what defines an age disparity, have developed over time and vary among societies. Differences in age preferences for mates can stem from partner availability, gender roles, and evolutionary mating strategies, and age preferences in sexual partners may vary cross-culturally.
A tradwife (a neologism for traditional wife or traditional housewife) typically denotes a woman who believes in and practices traditional gender roles and marriages. Some may choose to take a homemaking role within their marriage, [2] or to leave their careers to focus instead on meeting their family's needs in the home.