Polyandry is defined as which of the following?

• A. Monogamy
• B. Serial Monogamy
• C. Polygyny
• D. Polyandry

Answer: (C)

Polyandry describes a marriage pattern where a woman has multiple husbands. This is different from polygyny, where a man has multiple wives, and from monogamy, where there is one husband and one wife, either at a time or in a sequence. Serial monogamy is a series of monogamous relationships one after another. Polyandry is relatively rare but can occur in certain cultures or ecological contexts, including cases where brothers share a wife. So the concept that matches the term is that a woman has several husbands.