Queer Polygamy
May 12, 2019Dialogue 52.1 (Spring 2019): 33–43 Ostler addresses the problems with what she terms the “Standard Model of Polygamy.” She discusses how these problems might be resolved if it is put into a new type […]
Dialogue 52.1 (Spring 2019): 33–43 Ostler addresses the problems with what she terms the “Standard Model of Polygamy.” She discusses how these problems might be resolved if it is put into a new type […]
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