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The essay critiques the polygyny model of Joseph Scott in terms of the pressures felt by young, poor, Black women with children who often enter into extramarital unions with married men as they attempt to find economic and emotional security.
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McAdoo, H.P. Commentary on Joseph Scott's “Black Polygamous Family Formation”. J Fam Econ Iss 3, 383–388 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01082937
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