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Another reason for polyandry is a skewed gender ratio due to widespread female infanticide, with one example of such a society that historically practiced polyandry primarily due to this reason being the Toda of Southern India. | Another reason for polyandry is a skewed gender ratio due to widespread female infanticide, with one example of such a society that historically practiced polyandry primarily due to this reason being the Toda of Southern India. | ||
It is also likely that the pre-Islamic Arabs practiced polyandry due to this reason, before the advent of Islam lead to the proscription of both infanticide and polyandry. | It is also likely that the pre-Islamic Arabs practiced polyandry due to this reason, before the advent of Islam lead to the proscription of both infanticide and polyandry<ref>http://www.arabhumanists.org/arab-women-pre-islam/</ref>. | ||
==When polyandry is actually polygyny== | ==When polyandry is actually polygyny== | ||