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Monogamy in the Tibetans
The Tibetans practice polyandry. They have one wife and many husbands, the husbands are all brothers. This is a strategy to prevent excess sons who are always the second born son. So what do they do? They stick him in a monastery. And this is why the Tibetans have this huge monastic culture. Part of it is to absorb the excess sons who were always the secondborn son.