A polygamous home

There are so many argument about polygamy. While some society have a more simple view about it, others seem to abhor it.

Whatever one talks about polygamy Sterms from the side of the divide they're from.

Some who do not quite support polygamy openly are sometimes involved in polygamous relationships. And the often excuse you hear is; men are polygamous in nature.

There are consequences in all polygamous relationships as well as there are advantages. But the advantage of one system of polygamy outweigh the other is some aspects and vise versa.

Take Islam for instance. Its polygamy system allow a man to marry up to four at a time. And what sets it apart from other polygamous arrangements are the laws guiding it. And in Islam, the condition for marrying multiple wives is that they would be treated equally. And they have rights and obligation onto them from their husband which must be fulfilled.

The advantage of the Islamic polygamous arrangements is that multiple woman have a husband. They have a fair opportunity to have their own children with their kids dad assuming full responsibility. The wives are entitled to fair share of their husbands wealth if death occurs. Another good side about such kind of polygamous relationships is that the spread of disease maybe be less when compared to meeting random partners.

But the negatives of the Islamic system polygamy is that lots of children are likely to be produced and that could set economic pressure on the a household especially if the source of income/revenue do no measure to the rate at which the population increases in the family. Such a system encourages less investment as most investible resources goes into the basic needs of the population within the family. And by extension may encourage poverty if not adequately managed.

However, individuals who do not quite support polygamy, some of them engage in polygamous relationships. Other than their legal spouses, they have side cucumbines whom they go to meet at arranged places. Some may have multiple and for a fact that they know their act seem hidden from the public eyes gives the boldness to enjoy such relationships without the knowledge of their legal spouses.

There are also advantages and disadvantages to this. But on the advantage side, they have no much worries about increase in population as the occurences of a baby may let open their secretes. So those involved would do everything to conceal it. The legal spouse would enjoy her place without the worries of thinking she's not the only one in her husband's house. So the feeling of being queen is there.

The negative side of this kind of polygamous arrangements which is not Islamic is that the rate of pregnancy abortions are high. Disease rate are high too and the legal spouse have a higher chance of being infected. Revenue that should go into adequate welfare of the home are slashed significantly to care for the extra partners not known to the wife. And the possibility of conflicts may arise when in the husband's demise in terms of claims from the unknown partner. If the husband do not adequately manage the resources on the home front, and investment there high chances of sinking into a level of poverty.

There are saying that men are polygamous in nature but there have been no scientific way to find that out yet. However, studying the social relationships of other animals makes that assertion seem true. But for me, I believe self decipline rules it all.

Whatever side of ideology we may support as it has to do with polygamy, we must understand the merits and demerits involved.