Want to live a little longer? Get a second wife. New research suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones.
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Pure baloney. So many scientific studies have a patriarchal bias. Could there be anything more opposed to women’s equality than the practice of polygamy? One man is worth dozens of women? And in these cultures, what is the life span of these near-slaves known as wives? Who are certainly only involved in such practices because they have no economic options and their freedoms are severely curtailed. A ridiculous finding. Who financed the study? Playboy magazine?
And another thing…The longer life span probably has more to do with these men being the wealthier people in their society. They can afford nutritious food and good medical care and multiple wives. I’m sure the wealthier people in any society live longer than their poverty stricken bretheren…