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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you prefer tea or coffee?
Choices:
Tea - votes: 1630 (38.9%)
Coffee - votes: 920 (21.9%)
I like both equally! - votes: 808 (19.3%)
I dislike both - votes: 449 (10.7%)
Does boba count? - votes: 385 (9.2%)
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The poll ended: May 28th, 2022 7:31am PDT
I prefer fruit teas without boba. I don't drink much caffeine...
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» VawX on May 28th, 2022, 7:46am
Do I think it's wrong? Also no mmm...
If every party is okay then i really don't see the problem mmm...
» sloez on May 28th, 2022, 11:15am
» Hell_Clues on May 28th, 2022, 1:49pm
You eliminated what is wrong with it. Which is the abuse and emotional pain of it. And created a fantasy scenario.
People can be okay with any thing, but it doesn't make it right. In Saw, you had someone being okay with cutting their leg off. In Squid Game, it had the illusion of choice.
There's usually someone pushing for it, essentially forcing the other person to adapt or adopt it. Holding their love hostage, especially if it's after the relationship has been formed.
Look at that situation with that videogamer, and this is one of the two most common, a hot girl wanting to sleep around or else she'll leave or feel compelled, or oppressed by it. And when the guy started it, she called him a cheater.
Before any tv shows I saw some stuff on the type of mormons with multiple wives. He essentially just went for the youngest. And there were problems of emotions, which should be obvious. He was essentially just adding a younger one over time.
There is an abuse to this. An emotional manipulation that is constant. I'm not trying to exaggerate it, I'm not speaking of physical or verbal. In this case, it's a situation and manipulative. Either to get into it, and keep it, or to be in that situation. And it isn't any better because a woman forces a man into it. This sort of soft abuse is emotionally painful.
And it's also just not how human emotions tend to work when you keep activating that early love with someone else. Just because it's convenient to have it. And someone else is weak, or doesn't want to lose you, and will stay like an abuse victim in such a relationship that they don't really want to be in. And those people know that.
They aren't caring about you, and your desires, when what they want is convenience for themselves. They aren't loving you.
» HikaruYami on May 29th, 2022, 3:06pm
Most polyamory is abusive and destined to fail. But if you take out the obvious issues that crop up in most cases? There's nothing fundamentally wrong with it, so I voted No.
I imagine most of the "yes"es are from religious people and the rest of the yeses are just from people similarly biased or otherwise stupid.
» Animechic420 on May 28th, 2022, 2:32pm
» Aremon on May 28th, 2022, 2:38pm
Which technically mean that as long as you aren't formally married you can have as many "wives/husbands" as you want. Sort of like William Moulton Marston...
» Alwerien on May 29th, 2022, 12:59am
» residentgrigo on May 29th, 2022, 3:17am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_polygamy
Do I have an issue with heterosexual men and only them having a bunch of cis-gendered heterosexual wives with no room for anything else? I guess not? Other forms of polygamy are essentially non-existent on this planet and would go against the definition of the word. Would I have an issue with trans or gay multi-partner relationships being legally recognized or polyandry? Also no. Will that happen? Lol.
» Joese on May 29th, 2022, 3:23am
Even though in theory nothing should be wrong, history has showed us time and again how this system doesn't usually work. I mean, there are many difficult situations in them and pasional crimes usually happen, at least in my country and other European ones it was forbidden by law for many reasons ... (Just like how religious people weren't initially forbidden to have a family everything ,(specially laws), has it's reasons)
But then again that would be more referring to marriage /civil pairs/(or however a legally bound group of people is called in your country)... If it isn't that way the problems of jealousy still pop up, but in that case you can just leave whatever relation you're in (though emotional dependence and affective inteligencie is usually a failed subject for most people. Everyone sees how toxic relations are bad, yet they usually don't break up because of dependence).
PD.:though even casual relations are legally binding in some places.
Mixing sports or whatever hobby with a political idea can breed all sorts of radical groups, if you include sex in the mix is gets even crazier with cults and stuff... There are probably instances of them working, usually overly relying on the group to purge unwanted behaviour, but just like in any other types of groups once the wrong kind of dynamic/behaviour kicks in, it just turns into a big toxic relation, even when done right, with time, if the group doesn't evolve it dissolves (I mean even in monogamic relationships one of them can outlive the other/break up) or the group usually ends up delegating decisions on each other, but what happens when one leaves...
Society can probably evolve to have and normalise them again, who knows (in many countries it's legal). Even thought it has its obvious flaws, in the past/present there also instances of them working, but then again, even in the current society, not everyone has the mental fortitude to break up and this problem is enhanced to a terrifying degree in polygamy .
» hkanz on May 29th, 2022, 6:28pm
» alidan on May 29th, 2022, 8:38pm
and you have to be kidding yourself if you think women wouldn't willingly toss themselves at the highest value man they can get, be it looks/money/power
» blackkittycat15 on June 1st, 2022, 5:52am
I will admit I've seen plenty of open relationships that work well, and one of my friends was in a polygamous relationship. She has one guy for romance and the other for sex, I don't even know how she balanced it but everyone was happy (if you're wondering what ended it, one became an unemployed alcoholic).
» hkanz on June 1st, 2022, 3:49pm
» KennEH! on June 2nd, 2022, 3:52pm
It's kind of like owning a monkey. People think how awesome it is, forgetting it's a ton of work and commitment. Even then when you follow through properly it could still rip your face off.
Mormons? What a shock! ๐
» alidan on May 29th, 2022, 8:36pm
do I think it works? rarely in society where arranged marriages and multiple wives aren't the norm.
» amy_levi on May 30th, 2022, 1:37pm
» train93 on May 31st, 2022, 11:11am
Exclusivity in a romantic relationship is often one of its strong point, at least to me.
» Seiya0890 on May 31st, 2022, 10:32pm
I believe this question formulation is not correct though. Let's be honest most women and men (in developed countries) don't want to be part of a polygamy. This question mainly refer to what we are seeing in most nowadays light novels / isekai harem. Since these 2D characters are usually ok (author power) with it... Many people will say it's "fantasy" but I disagree, its "phantasm".
» Katsono on June 1st, 2022, 10:21am
As for why it's forbidden, it's mostly because polyGAMY, which means a man with multiple spouses. The reverse situation is polyandry, and is much much rarer. Polygamy typically exists in countries where women don't have the same rights as men and therefore was seen as a treat to gender equality. Since polyandry was such a rare case, it was assumed to be non-existent therefore allowing relationships with multiple partners would mostly concern polygamy. However, the poll title should be revised imo.
By the way, polygamy/andry is not illegal in most countries however the marriage system does not allow for a third person. You are nonetheless free to have a relationship with a third person (excluding laws about cheating) but you will find yourself handicapped in multiple situations: marriage (which can help with taxes), having a child, etc.
I have no idea how a relationship like that would work honestly but I've mostly seen a relationship where A and B are in love with C who loves them both, rather than the three people loving each other equally. Maybe I'm wrong though, I don't know much about this and it's not every day you encounter such a relationship.
» mallika23 on June 1st, 2022, 2:25pm
Polygamy is not only about consent. It's also about the person, if he can treat his wives fairly (in material and non-material aspects). However, I know there are people nowadays who did polygamy only because they wanted young wives, or that they wanted to show their superior masculinity.. I don't think people like this can actually treat/love his wives fairly.
(Though of course, I speak about polygamy in Islam from a non-moslem perspective as I live in a moslem-majority country, and I might be wrong.)
» Raven on June 1st, 2022, 7:03pm
» K9ofChaos on June 9th, 2022, 6:38pm
» Sugarshark on June 13th, 2022, 11:56am
unicorns are make believe
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