“Patterns of family pathology clearly don’t change with the number of wives on the premises.”
—Against Love on polygamy. Since I’ve now given you two quotes from AL where Kipnis offers piercing insights, I figured I’d throw one of her more irritating moments your way. Here Kipnis makes the common and over-easy assumption that family structure has nothing to do with family happiness–it’s all about the individuals, not the institutions and forms they set up to channel and guide their actions.