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Polygamy.com - http://www.polygamy.com
Includes information, personals, arguments as to why polygamy might be beneficial to women, and articles.

Monogamy as a Prisoners' Dilemma - http://hackvan.com/pub/stig/deep/Monogamy-as-Prisoners-Dilemma.html
Non-monogamy as a collective action problem. The benefits and disadvantages of different forms of marriage.

Legalize Polygamy - http://www.cc.utah.edu/~ma16460/html/opinions/polygamy.htm
Short article on how polygamy would benefit us, in a secular view point. How polygamy would evolve us to higher levels.

Polygamy at Beliefnet - http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset.asp?pageLoc=/story/66/story_6652_1.html&boardID=11173
Articles and opinions on polygamy. Registered users can share their personal thoughts about the issue.

Polygamy: Another Lovestyle - http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC10/Anapol.htm
Intellectual article by Deborah Anapol about polygamy and monogamy.

Montesquieu: The Spirit of Laws - http://www.constitution.org/cm/sol_16.htm#004
Article explaining that the law of polygamy is an affair that depends on calculation.

Pro-Polygamy.com - http://www.pro-polygamy.com/
Provides the media and others with op-eds, press releases and articles from the pro-polygamy view. Gives email-alerts and offers access to a polygamy advocate to interview.

Polygyny Is Already A Practice - http://www.theperspective.org/polygyny.html
Article about polygamy in Africa, before and after the arrival of the colonizers and Christianity.

On the Economics of Polygyny - http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/Evolution/polygyny3.pdf
Unpublished paper from Ted Bergstrom exploring the prevalence and viability of polygamy in various societies. [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

Question of Polygamy - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/9257/tazkirah/wanita/wanita15.html
Article tackling the important question of polygamy.

Anti-Polygamy.org - http://www.anti-polygamy.org/
Refuting arguments commonly used against polygamy. Showing the unjustness of stereotyping polygamists as being in cults, abusive, and other.

The Economics of Love and Marriage - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_Chapter_21/PThy_Chap_21.html
Professor David Friedman's essay exploring economic issues affecting polygamy.

Cultural Practices in Conflict with Canadian Law - http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/canadian/canada/justice/ethnocultural-groups/ecg-003-00.html
Recognizing existing polygamous marriages of immigrants and providing spouses with the benefits and entitlements normally available to spouses defined by Canadian law is an outstanding issue.

Query On Reasons For Polygamy - http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/158.html
A student's query regarding the differing interpretations for the cultural reasons for polygyny.

Polygamy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy
Types of Polygamy, Polygamy Worldwide, Patterns of Occurrence, Polygamy and Religion, Legal Situation, and The Case of Mormonism.

Kinship and Social Organization - http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/kinmenu.html
Features articles and outlines of marriage customs among different societies, which also include information about polygyny.

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