Present participle of bigamize; the act of committing bigamy.
Present participle form of 'bigamize', formed by adding '-ing'. Describes the ongoing or habitual practice of marrying multiple people.
The present participle form makes it sound like an active, ongoing crime—'he was caught bigamizing across three counties'—which is exactly how it appears in old legal accusations.
The practice and its legal treatment reflected asymmetric gender power: men could more easily conceal or normalize plural partnerships; women had fewer legal remedies and social recourse.
Use the present participle descriptively; contextualize gender power imbalances in the situation if relevant to meaning.
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