英语翻译OmnigamyTheNewKinshipSystemAhaplessBritishcabinetministerresponsibleforthehaplessUKtelephonesystemoncecomplainedthatthemorephonesinstalledinhiscountry,themorethereweretocall,andsothedemandforphonesincreased
英语翻译
Omnigamy
TheNewKinshipSystem
AhaplessBritishcabinetministerresponsible
forthehaplessUKtelephonesystemoncecomplainedthatthemorephones
installedinhiscountry,themorethereweretocall,andsothedemandfor
phonesincreased:supplycreatesdemand.Somewhatthesamethingishappening
withmarriageinAmerica.Themoredivorcesthereare,themoreexperiencedmarriers
exist,readytoremarry–andmanydo.Thedivorceratehasjumped250percent
inthepast21years;about80percentoftheformerlymarriedremarry.With
eachnewmarriage,theparentsandchildreninvolvedacquireawholenewsetof
relatives,friends,andassociations—ineffect,theystretchtheirkinship
system.Manypeoplearemarriedtopeoplewhohavebeenmarriedtootherpeople
whoarenowmarried,buttowhomsomebodyhaslikelybeenmarried.Oursociety,
oncebasedontheprincipleofsolidmonogamyuntildeath,hasshiftedtowarda
patternofserialpolygamy,inwhichpeopleexperiencemorethanonespouse,if
onlyoneatatime.Thusweappeartobemovingtoanewandimprecisesystemwe
mightcallomnigamy,inwhicheachwillbemarriedtoall.