The Pukhtun of Swat in Northern Pakistan refer to Islam to justify the local practice of polygamy and female subordination. However, a survey of Islamic law shows its intent is far more egalitarian than Pukhtun practice. Using a mixture of case studies and statistical evidence, this paper argues that in Swat husbands take second wives mainly in a spirit of revenge, reflecting the endemic hostil...

Monogamy and polygamy relations characterize the quantum correlation distributions among multipartite systems. We investigate monogamy satisfied by measures of general correlation. By using Hamming weight, we derive new inequalities $\beta$-th power $\alpha$-th correlations, respectively. show that these are tighter than existing ones, such as [Int. J. Theor. Phys. 60, 1455-1470 (2021)]. Taking...

In many West African countries, large rural multigenerational households farm common household plots as well as allocate individual plots to different family members. Multiple studies have found that women plot managers achieve lower yields than men. This work uses a unique 17-year panel dataset from southern Mali to investigate this gender production differential. The long-span and specificity...

Our long-term goal is to understand the relationship between complex behaviors and complex brains. Here, we explore the effects of social organization, specifically monogamy versus polygamy, on the brains and behavior of African cichlid fishes. Since cichlids process social information visually, we began by behaviorally comparing the visual acuity of monogamous and polygamous fish. We then expl...

A conceptual model is presented which integrates and extends insights from relational exchange theory (RET) and value exchange model (VEM) to discuss the efficacy of relational governance and valuecreating relational investments (VcRIs) to affect certain revenue-enhancing (relational) behaviours (ReBs). It is postulated that value-creating relational investments (VcRIs) made in a highly relatio...

Much has been written on the legitimacy and extent to which the gospel can challenge different cultures especially vis-à-vis the current growth of Islam. There are many who have chosen to live “incarnationally” within a culture while at the same time resisting its ungodliness. While there are different approaches that missiologists, Bible scholars, and theologians may take in respect to culture...

In all comparative analyses, humans always fall on the borderline between obligate monogamy and polygamy. Here, we use behavioural indices (sociosexuality) and anatomical indices (prenatal testosterone exposure indexed by 2D : 4D digit ratio) from three human populations to show that this may be because there are two distinct phenotypes in both sexes. While males are more promiscuous and displa...

This paper discusses the cultural and ethical issues arising from the use of Assisted Reproductive Health Technologies. Twenty-five In-depth interviews were conducted with 5 couples of reproductive age who have never conceived or brought pregnancy to term after one year of unprotected intercourse, 4 adult males, 4 adult females, a gyneacologist, a nurse, a herbalist and 2 religious leaders in I...

This article intends to describe the social impact of shrimp cultivation on rural women Bangladesh based empirical study. It was found that relationship has been affected since commencement farming in study area. Majority respondents were unable maintain their previous status due cultivation. Moreover, created various problems like increase rate dowry, divorce, male polygamy, crime villages, fa...