• HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    Polygamy = man has many wives

    Polyamory = person has many partners

    As i understand it, it’s all about how much misogyny is at play

    • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      a man with multiple wives is polygyny or a harem.

      polygamy can be any gender, but if I were to guess, polygamy is one-to-many relationship (man with multiple wives, woman with multiple husbands), while polyamory is just a group of people all in a group relationship