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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nowlan101 on 2024-12-19 17:22:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the phenomena of polyandry or “wife-sharing” in Qing Dynasty China. Due to practices such female infanticide and concubinage there was an overall gender imbalance in society that poor husbands would exploit via renting their wives out to other, unmarried men for a fee.