While polyandry, akin to polygamy, has been outlawed in India, it is still practiced among certain ancient tribes and ...

A switch in traditional gender-role behavior gives an advantage to male and female shorebirds called jacanas. Found in tropical regions, jacanas have evolved a social system that confused early ...

A recent wedding in Himachal Pradesh's Shillai village has brought the ancient tradition of polyandry back into public discourse. The ceremony, where Sunita Chauhan married two brothersâ Pradeep and ...

A storm erupted on social media after pictures of a unique wedding showing two brothers marrying the same woman in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district went viral. The wedding sparked a heated debate ...

You’ve probably seen Seeking Sister Wife, and you’ve almost definitely seen Sister Wives, but have you seen Seeking Brother Husband yet? Premiering on TLC on Mar. 26, the show explores several ...

Actress and author Ayanda Borotho has offered her opinion on the heated topic of polyandry, saying she'd like the black community and particularly women in SA not to get duped into focusing on such ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. We tested the hypothesis that in territorial, sex-role reversed birds the distribution of resources may determine the dispersion of males, ...

Polyandry is not new to Himachal Pradesh and a primary reason for its prevalence in some parts of the state is keeping a family intact and the landholdings undivided, say multiple people familiar with ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The mating system of the red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus is usually classed as polyandrous, but studies show that the majority of ...

Dr Lize Mills is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University. Professor Amanda Gouws is the SARChI Chair in Gender Politics at Stellenbosch University. In South Africa there are ...