harems
Guarded women's quarters
Harems is the plural of harem, which originally meant the private quarters of a household where women lived, secluded from male visitors—a practice associated with some Muslim and Middle Eastern cultures.
The word extends to any group of women associated with one man: He arrived with his harem of groupies.
In biology, a harem is a group of females mating exclusively with one male.
Secluded women's quarters
- concubinesNon-wife sexual partners kept
- sultanMuslim royal ruler
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- palaceMonarch's official residence
eunuchs · odalisque · pasha · quarters · imperial · Topkapi · wives · favorites
Allure of the unfamiliar
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- paintingsPictures made with pigment
- DelacroixFrench Romantic painter
- odalisqueHarem slave or attendant
veil · mystery · sensuality · forbidden · voyeurism · romanticism · colonial · imagination
seraglio
Secluded women's quarters
- concubinesNon-wife sexual partners kept
- sultanMuslim royal ruler
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
palace · eunuchs · odalisque · pasha · quarters · imperial · Topkapi · wives · favorites · chambers
exoticism
Allure of the unfamiliar
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- paintingsPictures made with pigment
- DelacroixFrench Romantic painter
odalisque · veil · mystery · sensuality · forbidden · voyeurism · romanticism · colonial · imagination · dance
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
mating · territory · polygyny · pride · stallion · bachelor · competition · rutting · elephant seals · gorillas
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, turkey breast, turkey leg, Anatolia
- Eastern talesArabian Nights, Scheherazade, One Thousand and One Nights, Sinbad, Aladdin
- Orientalismodalisque, orientalism, Egyptology, snake charmer, Turkish bath
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, marriage customs, courtship, virginity
- gender separationbathrooms, restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, dressing rooms
haremsmonogamy
One partner at a time
nuclear family · celibacy · bachelorhood · spinsterhood · single life
- harem pantsLoose trousers gathered at ankles
- harem girl
- imperial haremRuler's secluded women's quarters