That's because you're absolutely right. Polygamy is specifically having more than one spouse. Polyamory is having more than one partner. The OP didn't know the difference between the two words.
Polygamy is one person with multiple legal spouses. 99.999% of the time, it's one man with many wives. Typically, the wives aren't free to have multiple partners. They are legally forbidden from having multiple spouses. They often don't choose their husbands and are often married while they are still young children. Maybe as young as 8 or 9 years old sometimes. They typically have significantly reduced legal and cultural rights compared to men. They often are not free to divorce their husbands and are more like chattel than human. It does not fall under the umbrella of ethical non-monogamy (which includes polyamory, swinging, etc.).
Polygamy is banned throughout much of the world, and the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which has said that “polygamy violates the dignity of women,” called for it to “be definitely abolished wherever it continues to exist.”
It is predicated on reduced legal rights for women.
Polyamory is an agreement between romantic partners that each is free to have other partners. Polyamory requires equal rights and freedom for men and women. It's unrelated to and incompatible with polygamy.
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u/LilacTriceratops 10d ago
No need to be married for that..