Editing Polygyny (section)

===Libido===
Some analysts have posited that a high [[libido]] may be a factor in polygyny,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kammeyer|first1=Kenneth|title=Confronting the issues: Sex roles, marriage, and the family|url=https://archive.org/details/confrontingissue00kamm|date=1975|page=[https://archive.org/details/confrontingissue00kamm/page/117 117]|publisher=Allyn and Bacon |isbn=978-0-205-04813-7}}</ref> although others have downplayed its significance.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Baber|first1=Ray|title=Marriage and the Family|date=1939|page=38}}</ref> The sex drive as a factor in some Asian cultures was sometimes associated with wealthy men and those that were adjunct to an aristocracy,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Paul|title=Indian Women Through the Ages: A Historical Survey of the Position of Women and the Institutions of Marriage and Family in India from Remote Antiquity to the Present Day. P. Thomas|date=1964|page=206}}</ref> although such libidinal perceptions were at times discarded in favor of seeing polygyny as a factor of traditional life.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dardess|first1=George|title=Meeting Islam: A Guide for Christians|url=https://archive.org/details/meetingislamguid0000dard|url-access=registration|date=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/meetingislamguid0000dard/page/99 99]|publisher=Paraclete Press |isbn=978-1-55725-433-7}}</ref> For example, many sub-Saharan African societies view polygyny as essential to expand their progeny and kinship, a practice of high cultural importance. In this case, it would be hard to determine whether the origin was that of high libido, as polygyny would be practiced regardless. Other explanations postulate that polygyny is a tool used to ward off inclinations towards infidelity.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Balon|first1=R|title=Is Infidelity Biologically Determined?|journal=European Psychiatry|volume=30|date=2015|page=72|doi=10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30061-4|s2cid=141975947}}</ref> In a chapter comparing Sub-Saharan African polygyny, Boserup (1970) comments that in regions where polygyny is practiced, but for demographic and economic reasons must to be delayed for males until older ages, higher incidences of adultery and prostitution are expected to be present.{{sfn|Boserup|1970|p=44}}