Argument: Polygamy leaves some men with no women to marry; socially destabilizing
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- Polygamy leaves some men with no women to marry. (Score: +2, -0=+2)
- It is socially destabilizing when some men have no women to marry. (Score: +1,-0=+1)
- Legalized polygamy would typically result in a single man marrying more than one woman. (Score: +1, -0=-1)
- Polygamy increases wives held by wealthy men, increasing inequality (Score: +1, -0=+1)
- With a lower availability of women, polygamy creates bitter competitions between men. (Score: +1, -0=-1)
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- China may have a problem of too many men, but not all countries do. (A: 2, D:0)
- Polygamy, if widely practiced, would leave too many men with no women to marry, but it will never be widely practiced in America.
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- No ulterior motive (they believe that their conclusion is supported by reason and facts.
- Groupism (their friends are all appalled by polygamy).
- Identification with the woman's movement.
- Assumption: They are unable to trust the good intentions of polygamist parents, fathers, and husbands.
- Assumption: Polygamy results in more harm than a typical marriage (this is the key to the whole argument. Your conclusion will largely depend on weather you accept or deny this assumption).
- Motivation: the fear of becoming a man with no women to marry, or having your sons or grandsons not being able to find a wife.
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- No ulterior motive (they believe that their conclusion is supported by reason and facts.
- Groupism (their friends are all in a religion that supports polygamy, and so their position on the issue is a result of identifying with the group.
- Male chauvinism, the desire to advance men's power in the war of the sexes.
- Value: Those who agree value freedom more than they desire to protect children or women.
- Motivation: The desire to be the man that gets to be with more women.
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Parent debate
- Reasons to agree: +4
- Reasons to disagree: -2
- Reasons to agree with reasons to agree: +6
- Reasons to disagree with reason to agree: 0
- Reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -2
- Reasons to disagree with reasons to disagree: 0
- Total: +6
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