polyandry
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Polyandry, for some reason not wholly accounted for by anthropologists, reduces the fertility of wives, and produces an abnormal ratio of male to female births.
From Time Magazine Archive
Polyandry is the most widespread feature of Ladakh society; when a woman marries a man, she often marries his younger brothers also.
From Time Magazine Archive
Polyandry and polygamy are both evidences of a crude and half-evolved humanity.
From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
Polyandry was also common among the ancient Medes.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
Polyandry in India and Thibet is likewise an exception.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
