Editing Polyandry (section)

==Culture==
According to inscriptions describing the reforms of the [[Sumer]]ian king [[Urukagina]] of [[Lagash]] ({{circa|2300 BC}}), the earlier custom of polyandry in his country was abolished, on pain of the woman taking multiple husbands being stoned with stones upon which her crime was written.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8G43DwAAQBAJ&q=stoned |title=Engaging the Powers: 25th Anniversary Edition |first=Walter|last=Wink |date=October 15, 2017 |publisher=Fortress Press|via=Google Books |page=40 |isbn=9781506438542 }}</ref>

An extreme [[gender imbalance]] has been suggested as a justification for polyandry. For example, the selective abortion of female children in India has led to a significant margin in [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] and, it has been suggested, results in related men "sharing" a wife.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arsenault |first=Chris |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/10/201110415385524923.html |title=Millions of aborted girls imbalance India |newspaper=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=24 October 2011 |quote=While prospects for conflict are unclear, other problems including human trafficking, prostitution and polyandry—men (usually relatives) sharing a wife—are certain to get worse. |access-date=29 October 2011 |archive-date=9 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109041205/http://english.aljazeera.net//indepth/features/2011/10/201110415385524923.html |url-status=live }}</ref>