Legalization of polygamy

Observations: A vast majority of the opposition's arguments are simply comprised of mini-summaries of the work "The Problem of Polygamy," by Thom Brooks. No original sources were listed for citations. Moreover, please note the immense flaws of he opposition's grammar and spelling, which are so major that they interfere with the clarity of his claims.Freedom of Choice: "for the functioning of a society in a peaceful way and prevent chaos certain will of human are curbed by the law.thats what you are confusing with...Extra Marritial Aaffairs [sic] with polygamy."The opposition baselessly makes the claim that polygamy, unlike the practice of extramarrital affairs, causes society to not function in a peaceful way and causes chaos, so it requires government intervention. This is a very strong claim without any basis; the opposition has yet to present evidence that relates polygamy with an increase in chaos and destruction of peace in society. Moreover, let us note that "peace" and "chaos" are subjective, indefinite terms. A Threat to the Family Unit:"How can you say that?Its practitioners hide behind religious fronts to justify a livelihood of lust, greed, and gluttony."The evidence that follows does not substantiate this claim, as you will see."Other studies show that thesewomen [sic] are also enjoy less marital satisfaction and more problematic mother-childrelationships (Al-Krenawi and Slonim-Nevo 2008)."When entering a polygamous marriage is voluntary, it is a woman's choice to be part of the union. If she does not get marital satisfaction from it, she may leave the marriage. In the case that other parties do not allow the woman to leave, this is FORCED MARRIAGE, which is not constitutional in the United States and is NOT an innate part of a polygamous marriage. "Further studies demonstratethat [sic] women in polygamous marriages are especially vulnerable to depression after becomingpregnant, as their husbands become more likely to turn their attention to their other wives(Fatoye, ct al 2004; Ho-Yen, et al 2007)."When a woman in a monogamous marriage gets pregnant, she is also oftentimes treated with less affection by her husband. She becomes less attractive to him. It is not very uncommon for a man to cheat on his pregnant wife in monogamous relationship [1]; this too leads to depression. Much of the cheating on pregnant women in monogamous is with women who the wife is not familiar with. In a polygamous marriage, the pregnant wife is typically already comfortable with the fact that the husband has multiple wives, so when the sexual attention shifts away from her, she would be mentally prepared."Women in polygamous marriages arc typicallysubservient to their husbands who hold their wives primarily responsible for child-bearing(Ghcr 2008: 584).These women arc often unable to exercise any control over the addition ofnew wives by their husbands, contributing to Iclings of powerlessness and emotional abuse(Cook 2007; Ilassounch-Phillips 2001)."This has more to do with the fact that many polygamist marriages involve very fundamental religious people. The subservience of the women is more likely a correlation to the religiousness of many of the people involved in the polygamous marriages rather than the polygamous marriages themselves. In monogamous marriages between fundamentalist Christian people, we can see that the woman is also subservient [2]. It has nothing to do with the number of parties in the marriage. "Women may also lack control over their ability toseek employment, as several studies have Ibund that only a small fraction of women inpolygamous marriages work outside the home (Al-Krenawi 2000; Elbedour, et al 2002: 257;Peterson 1999)."This is also due to the fact that many polygamous marriages involve very religious people whose religious values say that women should not work. This has nothing to do with the idea of polygamous marriage itself, which is unaffiliated with religious beliefs of parties."Children from polygamous families may be at a greater risk of several harmful effects there is considerable research that children ofpolygamous families experience a higher incidence of marital conflict, family violence, andfamily disruptions than do children of monogamous families(Elbedour, ct al 2002).""Moreover, children from polygamous marriages are at a greater risk of both behavioural anddevelopmental problems (Elbedour, et al 2003).""There is also some evidence that young women from polygamous families perform less well in school than those in monogamous families (Elbedour, et al 2000)."There is a difference between causation and correlation. There is no evidence that polygamous marriages CAUSE conflict, violence, disruptions, and poor school performance. There is a correlation, however, and this may be due to MANY things, such as the fact that many of the people involved in polygamous marriages are undereducated and hold very traditional values. There are MANY secondary factors that can be the cause of these issues. Again, there is NO EVIDENCE that polygamous marriage itself CAUSES the aforementioned problems. One Love: "problem with polygamy is gender inequality. The same religious pretexts to defend such family arrangements are one sided in that it is only acceptable for a man to marry multiple females, but not the other way around. For a woman to have multiple partners would be considered criminal within these religious cults, as it would be considered a sin, and the woman a slut. Why is it ok for a man to be a slut but not a woman?"It is important to point out the oppositions use of the word "religious cult." Polygamous marriage is not affiliated with any religion or with any religious ideas. It just so happens, however, that many people who are involved in these marriages are very religious and believe that these marriages should be polygynous (one male and multiple women.) The institution of polygamy is not to blame for this; it is the fault of the religious beliefs of many of the parties who choose to be in these marriages. Adultery:Based on the opposition's barely understandable response to this matter, it seems that he has completely dodged the issue and instead referred back to past arguments that I have already refuted. In conclusion... The opponent has indirectly refuted PRO's initial claims; this may be due to the fact that a majority of the opponent's refutations are simply citations from a single article that were, as one could assume, mechanically copied without regard for the initial claims at hand. And all of CON's refutations have been effectively countered. Hence, PRO is the clear victor. Thank you.