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marriage today is that it is based on emotional attachment between the partners and entered
into voluntarily.
In the Islamic world, marriage is sanctioned between a man and up to four women. In
Imperial China, formal marriage was sanctioned only between a man and a woman,
although a man could take several concubines and the children from the union were
considered legitimate.
Most societies permit Polygyny, in which a man could have multiple wives; even in
such societies however, most men have only one. In such societies, having multiple wives is
generally considered a sign of wealth and power. The status of multiple wives has varied
from one society to another. In Islamic societies, the different wives were considered equal
while in Imperial China, one woman was considered the primary wife while the other
women were considered concubines. Among the upper classes, the primary wife was an
arranged marriage with an elaborate formal ceremony while the concubines were taken on
later with minimal ceremony.
There are also many monogamous societies, where a marriage consists of only two
people, a very few polyandrous, where a woman could have multiple husbands. Societies
which permit group marriage are extremely rare, but have existed in utopian societies such
as the Oneida Community.
However, in 21st century Western cultures, while bigamy and sexual relations outside
marriage is generally socially or legally frowned-upon, divorce and remarriage has been
relatively easy to undertake. This has lead to a practice which some have called serial
monogamy. In particular, some have argued that the pattern of the rich divorcing their first
wives and then taking on a trophy wife is similar to patterns of polygamy in other societies.
Legally sanctioned marriages are generally conducted between heterosexual couples,
although there are countries that recognize same-sex marriage, including The Netherlands,
Belgium, Canada, and the American state of Massachusetts. Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Germany, France, and the American state of Vermont allow
couples to enter legal partnerships, but these partnerships are not considered marriages even
if they bestow many of the same legal benefits upon the couple.
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