Answer to Question 1
In the United States, the only legally sanctioned form of marriage is monogamya
marriage between two partners, usually a woman and a man. However, through
divorce and remarriage, some people practice serial monogamya succession of
marriages in which a person has several spouses over a lifetime but is legally married
to only one person at a time. Polygamy is the concurrent marriage of a person of one
sex with two or more members of the opposite sex. The most prevalent form of
polygamy is polygynythe concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women.
Islam permits polygyny, but it is not widely practiced because only the wealthiest men
can afford more than one wife and many children. The second type of polygamy is
polyandrythe concurrent marriage of one woman with two or more men. Polyandry
is very rare when it does occur, it is typically found in societies where men greatly
outnumber women because of high rates of female infanticide.
Answer to Question 2
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