• Gonzako@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    The difference? I personally haven’t had any good experiences with any of these words

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      15 hours ago

      Polygamy = man has many wives

      Polyamory = person has many partners

      As i understand it, it’s all about how much misogyny is at play

      • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
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        11 hours ago

        a man with multiple wives is polygyny or a harem.

        polygamy can be any gender, but if I were to guess, polygamy is one-to-many relationship (man with multiple wives, woman with multiple husbands), while polyamory is just a group of people all in a group relationship