Men are designed to chase skirts…

by Staff on December 6, 2009

Why are we all so coy about the thought of men having other women in their lives? That’s the way they’re designed. Wouldn’t it be better to accept that the male of the species should be allowed to have several wives? Clinton should have been allowed to marry Monica and enjoy his polygamy.

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Men in the contemporary U.S. and Western Europe aren’t exactly polygynous. It’s not like they have several wives. They divorce and remarry. Or they have wives-and girlfriends on the side. That’s not polygyny. Is it?

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Does Polygamy Work?

by Staff on November 15, 2009

Last month I made my way to Rawang, a town some 50 kilometres from KL city, to meet up with the club founder and some of her followers and family members. It was one of the most unusual interviews I have ever done.

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Life is not easy for a single mother, I’ve heard. Dating is a pain, making ends meet is a pain, providing a good masculine influence for both son and daughter is a pain. But the government doesn’t want just any old Muslim dudes to take these ladies off the market. They want guys who have solid government jobs and presumably some level of accountability.

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More Wives = Less Adultery and Prostitution?

by Staff on November 14, 2009

The issue of polygamy is being hotly debated now, with the controversial Kelantan official’s suggestion and the emergence of a Polygamy Club founded in August by the wife of a polygamist.

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A Texas judge will require the state to redact references to certain people and multiple marriages involving Raymond Merril Jessop from numerous documents it plans to use during his trial.

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Is Polygamy Good For Women?

by Staff on November 2, 2009

The conservative Islamic party has called for Muslim men in the country to marry single mothers instead of “young virgin girls,” said a state official. Al-Arabiya news channel quoted Wan Ubaidah, head of women, family and health affairs in a northern state, remarking that although Malaysian men usually prefer young and virgin girls as their additional wives, this new proposal would help single mothers and widows who are finding it hard to raise their kids.

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Half a Good Man Is Better Than None All

by Staff on October 31, 2009

Women say that the legalization of polygamy would be a godsend: it would give them rights to a man’s financial and physical support, legitimacy for their children, and rights to state benefits.

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Malaysian legislators in the poor conservative Muslim northeastern state of Kelantan should marry single mothers to help care for their children, a state representative suggested.

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Defining Polygamy’s Place In Law

British Columbia’s attorney general decided last week to turn to the Supreme Court of B.C. for an opinion on whether that law was constitutionally valid.

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