Hi guys,
Thanks for making me smile at the monthly 'boys night out'.
Not to get political, but I remember Rush Limbaugh suggested decades ago that whole battalions be formed entirely of women, so that when they had synchronized their periods they would be the most fearsome warriors ever seen in battle; specifically mentioning the 'First All-American Amazon Cavalry Battalion', that would rotate out of combat when their anger levels had subsided, replaced by other similar battalions to maintain the rage level, a prospect that few men would willingly face.
Grayson's aforementioned 3 traditional wives means up to 9 possible mother-in-laws, besides all the unmarried women filling niche roles and positions in the households, so dozens of women all suffering from PMS could easily make life miserable for even the most sympathetic or christian of husbands.
Grayson isn't the only polygamous society in the Manticore alliance [Alizon, etc], I suspect there would be some planetary or sub-planetary societies in the RoH as well, besides dozens if not hundreds throughout the SL and protectorates, NTM the hundreds or thousands of new colonies, given how many cultures develop some form of polygamy or polyandry on their own to meet their own unique situations.
I also wonder if the MAlignment might have done away with women's' monthly periods, or tried, at least on Darius and other closed systems as an inconvenience that prevented both women and men from reaching their full potential productivity, as other authors' universes have done, after all after 2000 plus years, one might expect some popular improvements in the species created by women for women.
Interesting times, intriguing thought progressions, and occasionally amusing results.
Thanks, and best wishes to all,
Lyonheart
TFLYTSNBN wrote:runsforcelery wrote:quote="Rincewind"
To paraphrase the late Alan Whicker when interviewing a Mormon Polygamist; 'You've got twenty eight wives. That means twenty eight mothers in law. Isn't that a bit of a problem?'
No, it means he has
at least twenty-eight mothers-in-law. A polygamist married to the child of a polygamist is sort of in an exponential situation in that respect. Trust me, Grayson knows!
/quote
Each wife comes from a family with multiple sister wives.
Aman who married 28 wives, each of whom comes from a family of 28 sister wives would have 784 mothers in laws.
A wise man would choose to marry two or more sisters from the same family just to make the geneology comprehensible.
Of course having 28 wives living in the same household will have interesting physiological consequences. Women who live in the same home often synchronize menstrual cycles. Imagine having 28 wives who are all menstruating or experiencing PMS.
A good idea for a short story is set in a bar where Protector Benjamin, several of the Steadholders, Admirals Yanakov and Mathews, and all of Grayson's greatest heros have gathered with the intention of staying for breakfast. All of these mighty men are cowering in the bar because their wives are all having their periods and the thought of going home terifies them.
Hey Celery stalker, you have unseen mail that might interest you. The New Era of Counterforce is particularly interesting.
