Quote Originally Posted by Kentriv View Post
I am sure other cultures have other religions with similar practices, though I currently can't name any off the top of my head other than Judaism.
Islam, too.

Islam permits polygamy, though, a major difference from Judaism and Christianity. Judaism tends to frown on it strongly; the Old Testament never bans it explicitly and indeed presents several notable examples of its practice, however usually they are demonstrated to have negative repercussions. I cannot think of any sects where it is prevalent in modern Judaism. Perhaps they formally banned the practice in an extra-biblical work, I don’t know. Christianity does not permit the practice.

Most cultures traditionally favor monogamy, if for no better reason than that that caring for the children that inevitably results from intercourse in a time before birth control proves cumbersome. There have been notable exceptions, as well as double standards. Often in strongly patriarchal societies, fidelity and premarital abstinence has been required of women, but not of men.

- Michael