Polygamy like most would say was used by patriarchy to subdue women,but is that entirely the truth?.
Personally I don’t think so and I would explain why.
In the early days of human existence,the environment wasn’t suitable enough for women to acquire resources and so as to
survive she had to pair with a man,most likely a physically strong,dominant and vicious alpha male.
We all can’t agree that social heirarchy exists and where there is a strong man there is also a weakling. Women aware of this fact would instinctively seek out the alpha.
She seeks the man with the best genes so that she also can produce equally strong and dominate offspring. She shuns the weak beta male that is incapable of providing(a weak and terrible hunter).
All these happens at an instinctive level and so we have so many women vying for
the best of men.
As it is common with most society,it only gets narrower at the top,so there is scarcity of alphas and abundance of betas.
A young,beautiful and healthy women signals fertility and so men are attracted the them. The youngest and most beautiful women are the most
desirable.
She probably pairs off with the most dominant male. As she bears children and gets older,she is past and reproductive age. The attention of the man shifts to her younger counterparts.
She is aware of this from the onset but then she and her children have to survive.
The world was scarcely populated then and more children meant more manpower. A male child was considered more valuable then because he was just going to be another hunter,farmer,fisherman,warrior or any other profession men did then.
It takes on man to impregnate many women and women hypergamous nature made them seek out the best of the best of men.
The reality then is most men wanted women but the women were only interested in top men. This is still true to today’s society.
Everything was all about survival then and both genders knew the consequences of their mating strategies.
Woman wanted to survive so they pair off with the best men they could find. Men wanted healthy offspring so they mated with the young fertile women.
King Solomon had a thousand bitches to himself for fuck sake and some men probably died a Virgin then.
Note: King Solomon was very rich and powerful and could cater for all.
Women would rather share one high value man than settle with a beta.
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