
Originally Posted by
Arria
I think itīs cultural teaching.
The ancient Greeks accepted homosexuality (between men, I donīt know about the women) as a fact of daily life.
Kings had harems. I doubt they only loved / felt great affection for only their queen / main wife.
There were tribes of natives, e. g. American natives, where a man could marry more than one woman. This was accepted there, too.
In the Muslim world or with the Mormons, a man is allowed to marry more than one woman.
(I cannot help but wonder why there is no model of a one-woman-several-men marriage anywhere, but nevermind.)