Daytime TV will kill us all one day.
You remember about a year ago when that guy decided to tell the world about his 6 wives, 20-odd kids and Mormon beliefs? I think I saw the episode of Jerry Springer he was on yesterday. Deary deary me, what a palava.
I'm not going to lecture about his decisions, what with banging up 14 year-old girls and all the nastiness involved in ruling over all these women who are happy to be subserviant, as that's over the pond. Polygamy may strike a bit closer to home.
A few years ago, I don't know if it's still in consideration, but due to the influx of immigrants who practised polygamy, the EU were thinking about legalising it. Polygamy, by definition, is about a man marrying lots of women, which is sexist. In an attempt to be all equal-ops, the law would have to apply to women marrying many men.
If men can marry many women, and women can marry many men, will we all end up married to each other? The guy on telly said that his marriages were better than anyone in the audience's, about how he hadn't had a divorce and all that sort of thing, but surely if we did all get married, it would take the specialness out of marriage? Won't we all just end up married to each other? And think about the living arrangements, and the divorce settlements!
But what about the children? Their parents may be too busy managing their hectic relationships to look after their children. And what of the father? If she has several husbands, how do you know who the father is? Would it even be seen as important? Would that create jealousy and favouritism in a family?
As you can tell, I don't agree with polygamy. Not for men, not for women, not for anyone. If I marry someone, I don't want him to love anyone else like he loves me. It strikes me as a solution to affairs, like a live-in mistress. Bah. Maybe it's because I've had a nice homelife or something. But the whole concept seems totally wrong, and I hope they never legalise it.
