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As generally practiced in America by non-immigrants, polygamy has often been abusive. Not only Whatsizname Jeffs but Brigham Young himself has been accused of abusing young women - girls, really - by marrying them barely pubescent and otherwise mistreating them.
OTOH, in places where polygamy has been traditional for centuries, some kind of fairness is eventually hashed out.
A couple of weeks ago I met an American woman, white as typing paper, who is married to a Ghanian. She has been to Ghana with him more than once. Polygamy is alive and well over there.
The woman said, "I'm not worried about it, because I've seen it work. The wives divide up the work of the family: one wife makes all the beer the family drinks [traditional beer has low alcohol content and plenty of vitamins and minerals]; one looks after all the kids and has nothing else to do; another does all the cooking and doesn't have to worry about anything else.
"People ask me, 'But what happens if your husband wants another wife?' I say, 'Bring it on!' Because I would get to pick the next wife!"
GentlyFeral
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