Polygyny

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Polygyny is a form of marriage in which a man has two or more wives at the same time, or, to put it another way, more than one woman shares a man. It is distinguished from a relationship where a man has a sexual partner outside marriage, such as a concubine, casual sexual partner, paramour, or other culturally recognized secondary partner. Polygyny is the most common form of polygamy. The much rarer practice of polyandry is the form of marriage in which one woman has two or more husbands at the same time.