Polygamy. For it or against it?

Question

Anyone have any opinions on this subject? Any real life experiances?

Answer 1

Against it in general but at times it should be allowed. First of all we all know that there are more women then men. Many factors contribute to this including wars, accidents (men tend to take more risks), violence (again its mostly men). And not to mention the number of men that are gays? From what I read about 30% of men in NY are gays, that including all other factors means that there are millions of more men than women. Who are these women going to marry? Please don't say other women! lol

Answer 2

Typically, I'm pretty open about most lifestyles. I feel that people should have the very basic right to choose exactly as they live, except for when that choice infringes on anyone else's happiness and liberty and, most importantly, safety.

Polygamy, in theory, falls under one of those things I don't particularly care about. Many people have extramarital affairs or date openly several people at once. It's the same basic concept, except a marriage to several other women {or men, I suppose, if you wanted to reverse it}.

My main issues reside in children and disease. The latter is the most apparent. If one wife or husband has an illness, every spouse would soon be ill. Adultery would cause greater spread of STDs, which is really ... well, we don't need any more of them currently.

When it comes to the children, things get tricky. How would they identify to the other women or men? Would there be severe emotional problems due to jealousy or favoritism? Could they grasp the complexity of the situation they were born into? Would the household have too many tensions and issues to properly take care of them?

I've not heard how real polygamists manage these things, and, until I do, I'd have to say I'm against.

Answer 3

I knew a family in Utah where the women seemed happy and the children were cared for by all the women who shared the tasks. The man was kind of an idiot but no more so than the monogamous men I met there. It gets dreadful for young girls who are forced to marry before they get a chance to develop their own personalities. It's awful when there are people who are pressured to stay in the community when they are ready to move on. I personally don't think that the govt. should bring to bear too much pressure on polygamy except when there are people who want out involved.

Answer 4

Many cultures accept it. The Eskimo's offer their wives to guest and its rude to turn them down. I haven't had any real life experiences, but the Mormons use to believe it as a way of taking care of the family who need the help. Some still do today, but aren't accepted by the church. I am against it.

Answer 5

I am 100% against polygamy.

It is impossible for any man to please more than one woman and I'm not talking about just the sexual content.

I've watched the documentaries on men with more than one wife and they all state that it is a good union, that the women all agreed to have such a household, that he is the master of his domain and can please these women.

Of course, he is lying. The women do talk but you can tell their conversation was scripted, as they seem to hesitate to talk about their real feelings. If you watch their body language, you often get the feeling that they fear saying anything against this man. The ones who have fled that kind of relationship do talk against it, how it was not something that should ever have been - it is definitely a lifestyle for the man. After all, he gets to have his cake baked for him and he gets to eat it all by himself.

Answer 6

Against it. I don't care what anybody said. Would you enjoy it if you have to share your man? the man you love most? Theres no good to it.

No offence but I would rather hurt myself and be miserable than steal someone's happiness away from them. I'm a muslim and I am against polygamy. I would not accept it even if that man is the last person on earth..Geesss

Answer 7

It may be inevitable. The birth rate of male children has gone down by more than 25% in the last 30 years, while the death rate for males has gone up substantially. The suicide rates of adolescent males, which equaled females until age 12, has jumped several times that in the last ten years. Suicide for male teens has also increased, and it was 1600% higher than females before the jump. On the job deaths for males are running 700 times that of women. Death from crime is also much higher.

Add all this up and we are looking at a significant lack of available men in another 10 years. We are already seeing this in blue collar fields which are mostly worked by men, such as sewer work. Since women refuse to do these good paying jobs which start out at $60,000, a growing amount of illegal aliens is being hired to do them. Another thing of note is while male gay establishments are going down in numbers, female gay establishments are increasing.

A while back, I asked a young African American woman why she was having children by a black male who clearly was also having children with other women at the same time? She said that is they want to have children they have to share the men. This will be happening in all segments of society until pluralistic families become the norm.

Answer 8

The only way for Polygamy to work is to reduce the rights of women in our society to something treated just better than property.

I'm against it, 100%

Answer 9

I'm against it.

God says "You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives even if it is your ardent desire"

Just between wives is a must. However, God who created us knows that it's impossible. Is this an encouragement for polygamy? I see it as a discouragement.

Answer 10

definately agaisnt it in the bible it says marriage is a relationship with a man and a woman. A man is to leave his familial household ( parents home ) to be with his wife.The bible clearly states. Polygamy is obviously wrong because you cannot have more than one wife/husband without "sinning"