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Polygamy, Bigamy, Trigamy - It's in the news, so here are the various "gamys"
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Tags: polygamy, bigamy, trigamy, monogamy, group marriage, texas
With the Texas religious compound in the news about polygamy, perhaps it would be helfpul for everyone to see the various definitions and types of "gamys" that are out there....
| | Polygamy - a man is either married to or involved in sexual relationships with a number of different females at one time. |
| | Polyandry - a breeding practice where a woman has more than one male sexual partner simultaneously. |
| | Group marriage - or circle marriage, may exist in a number of forms, such as where more than one man and more than one woman form a single family unit, and all members of the marriage share parental responsibility for any children arising from the marriage. |
| | Bigamy - one individual is married to two people at the same time and at least one of the marriages is a legal marriage. |
| | Trigamy - In seventeenth to nineteenth century England, trigamy referred to someone who had three spouses at the same time. |
| | Serial monogamy - lifestyle of persons who have repeatedly married and divorced multiple partners. |
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