>>40302953western concepts of polyamorous relationships tend to be vastly different from non-monogamous relationships in other cultures, which are frequently intensely patriarchal, with one man having multiple wives.
Polyamorous people hate it when you bring this up. Because they are in love with the idea that their relationships are a form of social activism when the fact is that the majority of the time polyamorous relationship are usually just a dysfunctional couple who co-opt other people into their relationship breakdown rather than seperate peacefully