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July 11, 2008 12:11 PM by Dorothy Allred Solomon | 100 Views, COMMENTS

I'm just wondering how a mainstream modern woman, for instance a reader of Marie Claire, responds to the idea of plural marriage. When I was in college so many of my female friends struggled to find a committed partner with whom they could begin a family. But few committed male candidates for marriage presented themselves. I often felt guilty for being unwilling to share my husband with them. In the years since, I notice that this issue persists: more women seem ready for a truly committed marriage than men, and I've wondered if plural marriage offers some sort of a solution. How do you all feel about polygamy--for yourselves--anyway?

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Posted by Dorothy Allred Solomon

Dorothy Allred Solomon is the twentieth-eighth of forty-eight children born to polygamist leader Dr. Rulon C. Allred and his fourth wife. She is the author of several books about her upbringing, including In My Father's House (Franklin Watts, 1984) and Daughter of the Saints (W.W. Norton, 2004), the latter winning the WILLA award for memoir. The paperback version of her latest book, The Sisterhood: Inside the Lives of Mormon Women (Palgrave, 2007) will hit bookstore shelves in October.

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