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June 6, 2006
Why not allow big love?
Given that homosexuals are usually estimate at 5%-10% of the population, I was interested to learn that "probably less than 3 percent of men in Egypt had more than one wife"
If on average those that do have three wives (a maximum of four is permitted by Islamic law if the man can support and love them), we are talking about a small net effect on gender imbalances. In fact, when I discussed it before in the context of jail and homosexuality, I showed that there already was a serious imbalance of marriageable women to men, of at least 5%, so that 6% of women might end up in polygamous relationships would merely bring the genders back into balance.
Marginal revolution discusses feels that polygamy would hurt capital formation. On the other hand, others have argued that it is also better for single women, who get a larger pool of good mates.
Posted by OneEyedMan at June 6, 2006 6:12 PM
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