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By the time the women begin to question polygamy, it’s often too late because they have children to think about. Women are expected to bear a child each year, and girls marry as young as 9, although most are not pressured into marriage until they pass puberty.
When Sylvia was 12, her father took Vera, 14, as his second wife. “My mom would walk past the two of them French kissing on the couch,” Sylvia says. “The rest of the time, Mom had to teach Vera home skills like another child. Then Vera had a son right away.” Often, jealous older wives make life hell for their sister-wives.
Is there love involved? Sometimes, but generally girls obediently marry men chosen for them. “I could never fall in love with my sister’s husband, and I felt guilty for sleeping with him,” says Rowenna. She shared a husband with her older sister and bore eight children, telling the kids their father was a truck driver who spent a lot of time on the road. “In my life, I’ve never known love with someone of the opposite sex.” It wasn’t easy for Rowenna’s sister, either. “Her spirit had been broken. Just like a horse, they broke her.”
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My sister’s husband married a 12-year-old girl. Another 17-year-old girl is being refused a hysterectomy she needs for medical reasons. Her husband told her she had to produce at least three more children for him. This place is like a mixture of the Taliban and the Mafia. It runs on intimidation, ignorance of the outside world and fear.”
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