Which form of marriage involves women having more than one husband?

• A. A form of marriage in which two men marry one woman.
• B. A form of marriage in which partners exchange spouses.
• C. A form of marriage in which women have more than one husband.
• D. A form of marriage in which couples share property.

Answer: (C)

When we talk about how marriage is arranged in terms of how many spouses a person can have, the key idea is the pattern of multiple spouses. The situation where a woman has more than one husband is called polyandry. It is the term that exactly names this arrangement, distinguishing it from polygyny (one man with multiple wives) and monogamy (one spouse at a time). The other descriptions describe different ideas—exchanging partners or focusing on economic sharing—so they don’t identify the specific pattern of multiple husbands for a single wife.