Across the net on a MMMORPG i have a friend who lives in butan. she is married to 2 husbands and they both live in the house as her. She has 1 child to one of them(can't remmber whcih) and when i chatted to the child(he is learning english in school) he seems okay with it.in bhuatn polygamy/yandery is very rare but socially accepted and legal.i havent talked to the husbands but i have seen pictures of them(the game gives everyone a webpage with accopunt)
i dont mind polyandery/gomy but wat r ure opinions? n why? if u post any racial stuff agaisnt bhutan it will get reporyted.
2007-10-03 05:26:39 · 26 answers · asked by possessed by insanity 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
he calls both his fathers- "dad"
they r buddhist not christian n polygamy is allowed in buddhism i think... anyway they are not very religious
2007-10-03 05:35:02 · update #1
im of indian,burmese and navajo origin. its not me who is ofeended
2007-10-03 05:38:49 · update #2
I answered a question just like this earlier that looks like it has been deleted. Anyway… I have friends in a polygamous relationship here in the U.S. though the union is not legally recognized, and they have a wonderful family. No, they don't live in Utah and they are not religious.
Polygamy has been practiced for thousands of years and is legal in many parts of the world… strange that it can work for them but not us, huh. It is only considered “wrong” here because culturally we don’t like to live amongst people who do things differently from the norm and THAT is what is really wrong.
I always find it interesting that Christians try to insist God ordained marriage to be between one man and one woman when in fact many of the so-called great men of God in the Bible had multiple wives, Abraham included. And the Mosaic laws supposedly handed down by the Big Man himself included guidelines for polygamous marriage.
It is a shame that these marriages are not legal in the U.S. All consenting adults should have the freedom to marry as many partners as they wish. Just because something isn’t what we would choose for ourselves doesn’t give us the right to say it is immoral or “sick” and it certainly doesn’t give us the right to outlaw it. Unfortunately, we live in a world that just doesn’t get that.
2007-10-03 05:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by meagain 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polygamy was widely accepted a long time ago because of the benefits of polygamy.
Those benefits being when one man has multiple wives he is able to produce more children, helping populate the world quicker. Also the fact that a single childless woman was looked upon as a bad thing means polygamy helped women to find a place in life.
But it is not 5000 years ago, the world is overpopulated as it is, and women do not need a husband or children to be accepted into society anymore so polygamy is a very outdated institution.
2007-10-03 12:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by Wicked Wanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't want anyone to comment on Butan than you should not have made it a relevant part of your question. I don't think it was in your best interest to make a threat to report when you brought it up. Leave it out next time. Besides not liking your threat, I also don't agree with your opinion that polygamy is okay.
Have a great day!
2007-10-03 12:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by happygirl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Polygamy was accepted and promoted by almost every culture and religion in the world for more than 5000 years. About 1000 years ago that upstart religion made it punishable by being boiled in oil. Society has been eroded constantly since then.
2007-10-03 12:32:56 · answer #4 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At the first sight of your question, I thought you were asking about my wives. But, later took it to be 'views'. Hope I am right. I have only one wife. So, no polygamy.
It is good to know you don't mind polygamy or polyandry. After all, every one would like to have a spare one. And so you do. But, if you have two in place of one, the wear and tear at one end will be more and may be, at the other end, there may not be optimum utilization of the available resources. If there is capacity utilization at one end, the wear and tear at the receiving end would be quite telling.
Think over and proceed.
2007-10-03 12:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok - polygamy and polyandry are both legal in Bhutan (but polyandry is rarely practiced) since 1980.
My opinon?
On polygamy: I have enough trouble supporting and getting along with one wife. Plus I don't think that it is an ethical or moral situation.
On polyandry: I would not like to share my wife with another man.
That's what I think.
2007-10-03 14:29:36 · answer #6 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with polygamy. There's nothing logically wrong with it - it's just not a cultural "norm" in the west, that's all. But if you try to come up with reasons WHY it's wrong, you really can't go beyond "the bible says so" (although the bible itself is teeming with examples of polygamy). It's not "wrong", it's just a matter of what's acceptable in a given culture. Personally, I wouldn't care if my next door neighbor wanted to have multiple spouses; it doesn't offend me one bit. I couldn't handle more than one husband, but to each their own.
2007-10-03 14:11:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To each their own. As long as there is no abuse, it is an actual polyamerous relationship (not someone just saying it is when in fact they just cheat), and honesty and respect exist exponentially in all directions....good for them.
Some people are happy being monogamous, others not so much. Think of it this way, at least they have it all in the open and accepted unlike lots of people who just run behind their spouse/significant others back.
2007-10-03 12:34:13 · answer #8 · answered by Thera 9 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have to say I have never heard of a woman having multiple husbands only a man with multiple wives. I think that if this is culturally accepted then to each his own. I certainly would not think any differently about someone for being a polygamist.
2007-10-03 12:35:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we "reward" married peopel here in America, polygamy of either kind is not viable. The inheritance rights, paternity, legal ramifications all that would be a nightmare without tons of new legislation so we outlaw polygamy.
Lots of people still practice it though. It's illegal and considered "wrong" by society but plenty people engage in "swinging" here. Just not legally. I personally think if you are able to managed more than one partner, have fun with that, but I can't imagine it being anything but a headache here in America because of legal reasons.
What people do with their lives is of little concern to me so long as they aren't hurting anyone else and they are happy.
2007-10-03 12:32:19 · answer #10 · answered by Cassandra G 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋