Polygamy & Concubinage

[Exarch]

why is the law so harsh on polygamists? ppl serve jailtime for being polygamous.
i mean, if all are consenting adults why shouldnt a man have more than 1 wife? i her tell that the saudis have such harems of concubines.
why cant the rich and powerful maintian concubines?

[Dayman]

The monogamous religious and culture that western society has?

[Thanatos]

Because that's just being a rich greedy bastard.

[Exarch]

the west aint that different
usually, especially in older countries in europe, older men usually find a young mistress...

and as for beign a greedy bastard, what about situations where a man takes on a woman as a second wife in order to support her, and her kids? a muslim mate of mine told me this frequently occurs in arabic/muslim countries...

[kev-o]

It makes for a complicated lifestyle. If a man has more than one spouse then he has to treat them all equally, which is a hard thing to do.

[jankren]

It makes for a complicated lifestyle. If a man has more than one spouse then he has to treat them all equally, which is a hard thing to do.

Yeah, mistresses are more practical and less costly.

Because that's just being a rich greedy bastard.

Whats the difference between having multiple legal wives whom you provide for equally and having a wife and multiple affairs which is common in places where polygamy is not the norm?

and as for beign a greedy bastard, what about situations where a man takes on a woman as a second wife in order to support her, and her kids? a muslim mate of mine told me this frequently occurs in arabic/muslim countries...

Yeah but cant he just provide for her and her kids without marrying her? Or he is just a horndog? Lol

Why shouldn't a wife have more than one husband?

I wouldnt mind to be a second husband of a nigeria rich beautiful woman. According to logic the reason a woman could not have multiple husbands in the past was because it was not possible to tell who the father was should they have a child. But today it is possible.

Anyway, in my opinion consensual polygamous marriage is okay so long as there is strong divorce laws protecting women who wanna get out of polygamous relationships.

[Justinian]

i mean, if all are consenting adults why shouldnt a man have more than 1 wife

Why shouldn't a wife have more than one husband?

[haney591]

Why shouldn't a wife have more than one husband?

Is there a way I can credit you with "PC" or "sensitivity" points?

[Sleeper]

why is the law so harsh on polygamists? ppl serve jailtime for being polygamous.
i mean, if all are consenting adults why shouldnt a man have more than 1 wife? i her tell that the saudis have such harems of concubines.
why cant the rich and powerful maintian concubines?

They do. One of the perks of wealth is the freedom to act wealthy.

The monogamous religious and culture that western society has?

Has never gotten in anyone's way before. Didn't Chirac go to public functions with his mistress, or was it that Italian leader? Prince Charles never had a problem with it until Diana had the nerve to act middle class.

If a man has more than one spouse then he has to treat them all equally.

Why?

Why shouldn't a wife have more than one husband?

Think about the domestic chores alone.

[Justinian]

Is there a way I can credit you with "PC" or "sensitivity" points?

You think I'm kidding? If a law was passed to make it okay for a man to have more than one wife, the feminists would assrape America.

[Sleeper]

You think I'm kidding? If a law was passed to make it okay for a man to have more than one wife, the feminists would assrape America.

Maybe not the post feminists that dominate my and probably your generation.

[Earl of Rochester]

Why shouldn't a wife have more than one husband?

Reminds me of the Jefferson Airplane song, Triad. Slick is so damn seductive in that song, to the point that you don't care if she is sleeping with another dude.

Not sure that had much relevance, but the song feels so profound.

[Richard]

why is the law so harsh on polygamists? ppl serve jailtime for being polygamous.
i mean, if all are consenting adults why shouldnt a man have more than 1 wife? i her tell that the saudis have such harems of concubines.
why cant the rich and powerful maintian concubines?

I assume you're only talking about polygamy in a legal sense. Getting married more than once often indicates fraudulent intentions. A marriage is basically a legal contract between one man and one woman that makes it easy for property ownership and the like; it's like a premade legal package so you don't have to screw round with putting everything in writing individually. More than one wife/husband makes marriage, and thus the legal side of things, very messy so you might as well have a laywer set out all the legal crap separately anyway. Polygamist marriage acts would be nice but there's so little demand in the west it's currently a waste of money to have such a thing passed.

Have as many wives as you want, they just won't be called that in a legal sense.

[Justice and Mercy]

Polgamy and concubinage... uh... sure.

[Gwendylyn]

There's nothing (in the US) that says you can't have more than one sexual partner that lives in your home. I lived down the street from two women and a man that had a... special... relationship. You just can't marry all of them - you can't have legal recognition of more than one of those relationships. Most laws only discriminate against polygamy, not polyamory. There's far too many legal constraints to open a two-partner marriage up to a three+ partner marriage for it to ever be legalized.

[Rhinosaur]

You know what the penalty is for Bigamy?






Two wives.

[Exarch]

that's nice gwendylyn
btw, i didnt know girls liked to play TW
@topic,
so suppose an arab bloke with 5 wives comes to say britain or oz, what's the law got to say to that?

[Richard]

I believe he has to nominate one to be his legally recognised spouse.

[Gwendylyn]

According to logic the reason a woman could not have multiple husbands in the past was because it was not possible to tell who the father was should they have a child. But today it is possible.

To be more accurate... When value placed on children was patrillinear - i.e., they gained all their inheritance and social status from the status of their father - polyandry was virtually unheard of. In cultures that were matrillinear - gained their status from their mothers - polyandry actually happed. Unfortunately very few were of the latter.

that's nice gwendylyn
btw, i didnt know girls liked to play TW

[Banned]

Along with polygamy, I think that the governments should also legalize polygandry, i.e., having more than one husband.