- Feb 25, 2019
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Listen man, the definition of harem is a group of wives belonging to one polygamous man. I'm not trying to talk about anime and shit cause they usually water it down and actually pick a girl at the end. They have harem elements but they aren't a harem. Harem are multiple girls (or guys w/e) that are married or dating one person (the protag usually). It seems stupid for me to get hung up on this, I know, but saying that it "comes up far too often" means you've been saying this same wrong stuff to a potential multitude of others.
har·em
/ˈherəm/
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noun
noun: harem; plural noun: harems
- (in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.
"we were invited into the harem in the rear of the house"
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women's quarters
zenana
gynaeceum
haremlik
serai
- the women occupying a harem; the wives (or concubines) of a polygamous man.
"the Maharaja of Delhi had a very fine harem of 18 young and nubile wives" - a group of female animals sharing a single mate.
"the dominant bulls gather a harem of anything from two to ten cows"
The came literaly does this. One girl is the lover(wife/girlfriend) and the others are the concubines(fuckbuddies). You can choose to make a new girl the Lover (wife/girlfriend) and the other demotes shes sad about it but you can even still fuck her. Thats how harems work. I feel you are correct but in raw definition only and even then being not wrong doesn't mean the other is wrong. Both are conceptually correct. But what i explained is how its done in practice.
A sultan may have many wives but only one queen. You get it? In a harem there is always a primary female.