Earlier today, I opened up today's Weekender and spent ten whole minutes getting supremely indignant over the article about an organisation advocating polygamy. It is the belief of the organisation's members (two-thirds of whom are women --whatever happened to feminism?) that polygamy is the right thing to do, because it is far better to share a husband than to fight over one.
The idea is that a woman has to make sacrifices for her husband's sake, who can't help having been created to desire multiple women. So let me get this straight. A woman has to put up with polygamy, but the husband is allowed to do as his nether regions dictate? He doesn't have to 'make a sacrifice'?
What disturbs me the most is that there are so many women who agree. To them, getting a fraction of their husband is better than having him leave them or have a mistress somewhere.
Fine. Right. Sure.
Be weak. Be dependent. Besmirch the name of all womankind in this zaman pascaglobalisasi and whatever else the hell it was. Be my guest.
Yeah, yeah, I'm a bloody feminist. Feh.
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