In remote villages in the Himalayas, the practice of polyandry, or having multiple husbands, works as a form of birth control. The l
In remote villages in the Himalayas, the practice of polyandry, or having multiple husbands, works as a form of
birth control. The land can only support a limited number of people, so from their perspective, it makes sense for women to marry multiple men in order to limit the number of children who are born. Monogamy or polygyny (men having multiple wives) would lead to an explosion in the population, but with polyandry, the wife can only have so many children, no matter how many husbands she has