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This is just polygamy where the patriarch has a yuri fetish. Feminists think it should be illegal and polyamory never works out like that.
Sexual access to women is way down. Wealth is up but that's because of technology and in spite of society, which is always stealing.
This is an extreme exaggeration.
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"Polyamory" when explicitly called that, sure, but that's a tiny part of what can be broadly understood as such. I'd say polygamy, either explicit or implicit, makes up for most of polyamorous relationships, across the political spectrum.
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I knew a situation where an older guy (maybe 60s) was living with two amerindian sisters in their 20s, providing for and sleeping with them both. Wonder if it's easier with sisters. Though to be honest I highly doubt any of them had ever heard the word 'polyamory'. The vibe was much more Great Frontier mountain man finds himself in the not-entirely-unpleasant situation of caring for two Shoshoni gals cut off from their tribe.
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Women are rarely interested in sex with a social status inferior. A man needs only relatively high social status compared to the type of woman he is interested in to have many accessible options.
If a man is not a combination of poor, fat, short, weakly, socially autistic, and ungroomed he should have a reasonable amount of options of sexually available young women. Only height is out of the control of a man, everything else can be improved with sustained effort.
The manosphere and all those weird “PUA” communities I’ve noticed have this strange vocabulary for describing things they don’t even understand. All their talk about how to become a “high value” man is so bizarre when you take into account that good men (even in the status department, not just their moral content) are often the ones who don’t get laid. Thugs, idiots, people with a “hood” accent, no direction in life, etc. Broken women generally play around in the milieu of broken men; because the latter are easier to control than well adjusted ones who won’t tolerate your bullshit. A man who can’t see past a woman’s games may be one she doesn’t respect, but with nonetheless have dealings with. A man much her superior is one who can see through her games and won’t put up with her nonsense. The woman isn’t going to ‘not be who she is’, and the man isn’t going to compromise his integrity by allowing such a human wrecking ball into his life. That’s nothing but a recipe for conflict and disaster but in a democracy of two, one vote has to count more than the other.
Ummmm, citation needed.
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I don't disagree with your points, but I was addressing strictly what improves male sexual access to women per @dailydogma and not women of good relationship potential.
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I haven't seen statistics, but I know about a situation like this where the man was finessed by his girlfriend into bringing another woman into the relationship. Although it initially seemed like some kind of ultimate male fantasy, eventually the man felt as though he had been cheated on and turned into a kind of third wheel. But they did have 5 children so from a reproductive standpoint it was a big win.
As far as legislation goes, my sense is that polyamorous relationships have not been a big priority for feminists.
On average, perhaps. But I think that for a minority of men, it's way up. Because the internet and smart phones allow men to cast a wide net.
I don't understand this comment so I am not going to respond.
How did your friend end up? Divorice? Or is he still in the yuri cuck chair?
They were never married but in any event the two women live together and raise their children, the guy doesn't live with them but the relationship is amicable. He pays substantial child support and makes weekend visits to their household from time to time. He has learned his lesson and is engaged to a woman who is very conservative.
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