Polygamy is a high cost solution to a non-problem. There is no shortage of men. There is no overage of women. Why would you want four wives???
Is “counterfeit marriage” aka “gay marriage” a solution to a problem?
If they would make polygamy legal, does that mean that either spouse could come home on any given day with another spouse without consulting the first spouse? Would make for some interesting results.
Polygamy comes up more often in societies divided into "rich" and "poor", with not much of a middle-class, and is driven by preferences from the WOMEN.
Ask a few women "If your choices were limited to (and saying 'neither' was not an option) either (A) sharing a rich and handsome man, or (B) having a poor and unattractive man all to yourself, which would you choose?".
Polygamy is a high cost solution to a non-problem. There is no shortage of men. There is no overage of women. Why would you want four wives???
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polygamists state that the best number of wives is 3 ,, women are catty and will always gang up on each other , with 3 you always have 2 that will sleep with you...
Why 4? I would marry 4 a year ,, charge the families $100,000 dowry and divorce them after they get their perm residency cards... unlimited immigration! Makes Jeb! happy.
The shortage is in 'suitable' men, as in those that modern "empowered" women want to consider as potential mates. Have you seen the marriage rates for 20 somethings these days? A lot of men are dropping out of the institution, or are being driven out, because they think the benefits of marriage are heavily outweighed by the costs and risks. And, tragically, I think they have a point.