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The lack of prohibition was in part due to the separation between land laws and religion (independence of the judiciary), and partially since all of the major religions of India portrayed polygamy in a neutral light. [1] Gayatri Devi, the third wife of Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, pictured by Cecil Beaton in 1940
As in Africa, polygamy continues to be practiced in parts of Asia, regardless of laws. Nepal; China: Polygamy is illegal under the Civil code passed in 2020, which replaced a similar 1950 and 1980 prohibition. [104] Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 [105] when the country was a crown colony under the former ...
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Social polygamy occurs when an individual has multiple partners that they live with, have sex with, and cooperate with in acquiring basic resources (such as shelter, food and money). Sexual polygamy refers to individuals who have more than one sexual partner or who have sex partners outside of a primary relationship.
Polygyny is more widespread in Africa than in any other continent. [2] Some scholars theorize that the slave trade's impact on the male-to-female sex ratio was a key factor in the emergence and fortification of polygynous practices in regions of Africa.
The members of the largest faction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), do not continue to teach and practice polygamy today. In the late-19th century and early-20th century, the practice was formally abandoned [ 2 ] as various laws banned polygamy in the United States and led to the confiscation of LDS Church properties.
Polyandry in Tibet was a common practice and continues to a lesser extent today. A survey of 753 Tibetan families by Tibet University in 1988 found that 13% practiced polyandry. [ 20 ] Polyandry in India still exists among minorities, and also in Bhutan , and the northern parts of Nepal .
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