Oh, I get it.
We’re talking about monogamy and Western society but we’re not allowed to talk about the driving force behind the inevitable polygamisation of the West, even though it's already happening.
We’re talking about whether monogamy is natural but we’re not allowed to talk about whether other “marriage-like” arrangements are natural.
We’re claiming that Western societies laws “insist” that polygamy is illegal but we’re not allowed to talk about the fact that they don’t insist on enforcing these laws, in the face of polygamisation.
But we are “curious to learn whether monogamy, like any other social institution will change through time in our society?”
The answer is yes, with the increasing Islamisation of the West.
Damn.
Wrong answer again.

Proxy aren't there a number of fundy Christian sects in the US practicising polygamy? I remember years ago watching a documentary about polygamous marriages in North America among a radical Mormon community. It was scary stuff to think that this was happening in the 20th Century and continues to this day in some communities.

Foxy I think man is naturally monogamous even if he/she is not always faithful.

Throughout time human beings have sought life partners and the love and security that comes with that. Now that we live much longer and with the advent of the "me me" society marriage has become less important, but even the divorced among us appear to seek new and loving relationships in the hope that the next time it will work, which may reveal a natural need for monogamy.

Most of us take a dim view of our partners being unfaithful - I tend to think it is more than just a human construct.

Even cavemen took a woman for his own didn't he without the modern human construct of marriage. Well as far as we know anyway.

I think Monogamy is natural for some, unnatural for others and just how it has to be for the rest of us.

I have always been monogamous, because I have a great face for radio which only a mother could love....lol

The true test of monogamy is opportunity. If you had a naked, attractive person of your sexual persuasion throwing themselves at you would you pass the monogamy test? I suspect I, like many would fail such a test.

But alas as it has never happened, so my wife is stuck with me....lol

I suspect Polygamy is more my style, but, I doubt I could cope with that many lists on the fridge of jobs to do...lol

I did actually have the opportunity to perhaps forgo my monogamous lifestyle, many years ago whilst dancing, with a very attractive woman. When dancing closely she kissed my neck and I responded very bravely.... Um Oh Um...that's my wife over there... and ran to safety...lol

The woman was gorgeous and luckily for her self esteem it was very dark, so she didn't realise she could have done much better...lol

Yes Proxy, your worries about Muslim polygamous practices without acknowledging that some Christian groups still practice polygamy (although it is still illegal), say more about you than them.

I imagine that legal Gay marriages would have to be considered before polygamous marriages would get a look in, Proxy?

If polygamy is ever considered to be made legal in our country, I can't imagine how it would be allowed to become a lawful relationship unless women are also allowed to have multiple husbands.

So I am confident in saying it will never be legal here because men of all religions (and those with no religion) would not be happy with allowing equal rights with the number of spouses that ALL citizens would be allowed to have.

It will never happen.

I don't believe that monogamy is natural, because there is part of our brain that might be happy to have sex with a large number of people. It is just a matter of keeping these feelings under control. I don't believe that honesty, respecting other people's property or avoiding violence are natural either. Part of our brain wants us to punch every driver who cuts us off in traffic. Humans would live like neanderthals, if we just did what is natural.

Foxy:"a ratio that reflects the superior power and privileges
of the male partner in the family institution."

Or perhaps just mirrors the fact that most men like to see some physical variety, something well-attested to by the existence of porn. Nah, that couldn't have anything to do with it...

Do I think monogamy is natural? It's a preferred mode for women, since they get to have a helpmeet and a protector to some degree and it's a useful mode for men, since they get to be more sure that they're not looking after some other man's child. So I guess that makes it "natural", but it's by no means the only arrangement that can claim that.

Foxy:"It's frowned upon when the reverse happens, an older
woman and a young man."

Rot. I lived with a woman for 6 years who was 11 years older than me. When we started, I was 24 and she was 35. We never encountered any kind of "frowning". You might also look at the hugely approving media attention given to "cougars"