| − | In the modern world polygyny is practiced to some extent in China<ref>Lang and Smart. “Migration and the Second Wife in South China: Toward cross-border polygyny” The International migration review 2002, vol. 36, no2, pp. 546-569 [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13830800]</ref>, among [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|certain sects of Mormons]]<ref>News story on Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2006-05-25/news/it-practices-what-they-preach/]</ref> (the mainstream Mormon Church outlawed the practice in 1890<ref>LDS official position[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-114-1,00.html]</ref>) and in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa <ref>Brown, Judith E. “Polygyny and Family Planning in sub-Saharan Africa” Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 12, No. 8/9 (Aug. - Sep., 1981), pp. 322-326. Abstract. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0039-3665(198108%2F09)12%3A8%2F9%3C322%3APAFPIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U]</ref>. | + | In the modern world polygyny is practiced to some extent in China<ref>Lang and Smart. “Migration and the Second Wife in South China: Toward cross-border polygyny” The International migration review 2002, vol. 36, no2, pp. 546-569 [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13830800]</ref>, among [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|certain sects of Mormons]]<ref>News story on Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2006-05-25/news/it-practices-what-they-preach/]</ref> (the mainstream [[Mormon]] Church outlawed the practice in 1890<ref>LDS official position[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-114-1,00.html]</ref>) and in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa <ref>Brown, Judith E. “Polygyny and Family Planning in sub-Saharan Africa” Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 12, No. 8/9 (Aug. - Sep., 1981), pp. 322-326. Abstract. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0039-3665(198108%2F09)12%3A8%2F9%3C322%3APAFPIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U]</ref>. |
| | Polyandry is and has been less common around the world, but it has been practiced. Polyandry is part of traditional Tibetan culture<ref>List of references [http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/tibetanSociety/marriage.htm]</ref> and is practiced by some [[Native American]] tribes<ref>Polyandry among the [[Inuit]] [http://www.snowwowl.com/peopleinuit5.html]</ref>. The Bible prohibits polyandry.<ref>"Polygamy," from A True Church [http://www.atruechurch.info/polygamy.html]</ref> | | Polyandry is and has been less common around the world, but it has been practiced. Polyandry is part of traditional Tibetan culture<ref>List of references [http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/tibetanSociety/marriage.htm]</ref> and is practiced by some [[Native American]] tribes<ref>Polyandry among the [[Inuit]] [http://www.snowwowl.com/peopleinuit5.html]</ref>. The Bible prohibits polyandry.<ref>"Polygamy," from A True Church [http://www.atruechurch.info/polygamy.html]</ref> |