Study: Does polygyny really exclude vast swaths of men from marriage?
January 15, 2026
January 15, 2026
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 15 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release:
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Study: Does polygyny really exclude vast swaths of men from marriage?
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A new study co-authored by SFI External Professor Laura Fortunato (University of Oxford) challenges a long-standing claim that polygynous marriage, where men have multiple wives, creates a surplus of men with no prospect of ever marrying. A large contingent of . . .
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Study: Does polygyny really exclude vast swaths of men from marriage?
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A new study co-authored by SFI External Professor Laura Fortunato (University of Oxford) challenges a long-standing claim that polygynous marriage, where men have multiple wives, creates a surplus of men with no prospect of ever marrying. A large contingent of . . .