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Polygyny: just what the African American community needs
When Paul first shared that we were going to publish a book on polygyny my eyes rolled all the way to the top of my head-at least that is what I wanted to do. Instead, I nodded, clamped my lips together and waited for him to say more. He started to talk about the book and I did not hear a word he said. I way way too busy thinking, "Am I going to have to read this book? Oh, I hope he does not make me read this book!" I did not want to read, much less publish, a book about giving men the freedom to openly have "relations" with multiple women at a time. I was convinced that there was enough of that going on already.
We did not really talk about the book for about a year until Paul turned it over to me to do what was needed to get the book published. I squirmed. And then I decided I needed to read it. Not because I had to, but because I realized that I had prejudiced my self against the book based on things I had heard about polygamy, not based on the book itself. And witnessing myself pre-judging something that I knew nothing about, conflicted with who I believe myself to be.
So I read the book and am glad that I did. I learned the differences between polygyny, polyandry, polygamy, and even cenogamy. It became clear that it is not about sex. I gained an understanding of communities of people who voluntarily practice a way of life that works for them. And I understand that Pat Dixon was not pushing polygyny on the African American community-she is advocating relationships where everyone is taken care of. And loving, truthful care is what she feels the African American community needs.
I invite you to read this latest publication, it certainly gave me a new perspective.
Take care,
Natalie Stokes
Associate Publisher
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 We Want for Our Sisters What We Want for Ourselves-Dixon-Spear Dr. Patricia Dixon debunks myths about monogamy and polygyny and challenges us to rethink our approach to marriage and family. This book reveals that before European domination, polygyny was an accepted marriage and family practice in over eighty percent of the world's cultures. Even in Western societies, polygyny has always been practiced. However, because it is done so under a myth of monogamy, this creates a "peculiar" form of the pracice that is demoralizing to women. This peculiar form of polygyny was practiced in early European history in Greece and Rome. It was also practiced during slavery in the United States to the detriment of African American women and their families. Even in contemporary America, because closed polygyny is practiced in various forms, under the guise of momogamy, it continues to disempower African American women and undermine their marriages and families. Through extensive interviews, Dr. Dixon offers an insider's look at polygynous marriages. 2009, 312 pps. NOW AVAILABLE.
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