I thought Id drop this on you from a study by Tabutin and Shouemaker 2005, slightly out of date.
THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE ARAB WORLD AND THE MIDDLE EAST
FROM THE 1950S TO THE 2000S - A Survey of Changes and a Statistical Assessment
There is still significant polygamy in the ME. Especially in the Arabian peninsula and Egypt. Remember that maybe some polygamous marriages may not be legally formalized. Obviously this doesn’t cover south asia where you might see the highest rates.
But I would point out this. You are correct, there is a massive shift in marriage patterns in the ME. Not only are there fewer polygamous marriages but women are marrying much later according to that paper. If women are able to delay marriage or avoid it altogether in Islamic countries, (undoubtedly because of westernization) why will muslims continue to have big families? Especially if they are not polygamous?
Irish catholics looked poised to outbreed everyone in NW europe and america, but the baby making machine stalled. My grandmothers generation was having 8 or 10 kids, my mom’s generation was having 5, now its just one or two on average.
I don’t know if ‘muricanized muzzies in the US will continue to be breeding machines outstripping whites, or whether they too will stall when westernized arab women throw in the towel. But I don’t think islam will draw a huge number of white converts, especially high IQ white women.
I think we should be careful about pew fact tank pieces. The us is effectively polygamous, at least serially. Africa is highly polygamous because africans are highly promiscuous. As any AIDS prevalence report will show.
Africans were historically more matrilocally polygamous. Meaning women lived with their brothers and mothers and did not move in with their mates. This still happens in many places. That map is only recording patrilocal polygamy. Women with babies by several different men is still polygamy.
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I thought Id drop this on you from a study by Tabutin and Shouemaker 2005, slightly out of date.
There is still significant polygamy in the ME. Especially in the Arabian peninsula and Egypt. Remember that maybe some polygamous marriages may not be legally formalized. Obviously this doesn’t cover south asia where you might see the highest rates.
But I would point out this. You are correct, there is a massive shift in marriage patterns in the ME. Not only are there fewer polygamous marriages but women are marrying much later according to that paper. If women are able to delay marriage or avoid it altogether in Islamic countries, (undoubtedly because of westernization) why will muslims continue to have big families? Especially if they are not polygamous?
Irish catholics looked poised to outbreed everyone in NW europe and america, but the baby making machine stalled. My grandmothers generation was having 8 or 10 kids, my mom’s generation was having 5, now its just one or two on average.
I don’t know if ‘muricanized muzzies in the US will continue to be breeding machines outstripping whites, or whether they too will stall when westernized arab women throw in the towel. But I don’t think islam will draw a huge number of white converts, especially high IQ white women.
I think we should be careful about pew fact tank pieces. The us is effectively polygamous, at least serially. Africa is highly polygamous because africans are highly promiscuous. As any AIDS prevalence report will show.
Africans were historically more matrilocally polygamous. Meaning women lived with their brothers and mothers and did not move in with their mates. This still happens in many places. That map is only recording patrilocal polygamy. Women with babies by several different men is still polygamy.