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Poly Practised Elsewhere
- Thread starter Frank S
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Another good example where one doesn't become a criminal by avoiding giving the state control over his marriages. This guy deserves credit for the benefits the wives receive.
Something else that may be of interest... https://www.breitbart.com/national-...D-o0ZTLPIsuikMTo9OuO16ekMXKUsTvv57pHuQhyZWVHE
That's a good real life proof that polygamy would eliminate the problem of old maids / women who can't find a husband. Far from being advantageous, monogamy causes problems for women.
At least with poly, women have the option of a mono or poly relationship. With strict mono, you force men and women who want poly into mono and deprive many other women of marriage.
Proof that polygyny, done wrong, can be hazardous to your health.
I wonder if the women ‘took care of him’ to protect the innocent or because they were peeved for being wronged themselves? Interesting how they came together to ‘take care of him’.... imagine their efforts had he been good to them and they united together as a family?
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It's a common enough trope that there have been several tv shows/movies of the 2 ex's teaming up for revenge; ex because they dumped him when they found out about the other.
It's a variation on "If I can't have him [to myself] no one will."
If the abuse that he is accused of is actual abuse, then maybe it’s just a case of people finally standing up against him.
As opposed to shrugging their shoulders, staying out of it and letting him continue the pattern.
In the old days it would be the girls brothers doing the beating.
Sure, I’ve seen that- but they left him because of abuse, he didn’t leave them. That’s why I wonder if they were teaching him a lesson or protecting another from his abusive behavior?
Sorry that story doesn't add up. The man hasn't been convicted of any crime of domestic abuse, the unsubstantiated accusations of abuse are just that. Not to mention being over the top... "ill-treat Anupriya who, unable to bear the torture, left him and went back to her parents". If that is really true then why are they concerned about him "cheating them after marriage and attempting to enter into wedlock with another"? They wouldn't care, just happy to be rid of him. If it was true, would they really feel conformable enough to go "brutally beaten" him? Maybe the wives' story is true. But maybe not. We haven't heard his side. And there is probably something there given the first wife testifies that his parents didn't buy her claims. Why weren't charges filed? The first wife did go to police, and enough time has passed for a second marriage to come and go, so apparently the police didn't buy the accusations either.
This could just as likely be about jealousy and revenge; which if so, we can reliably expect such accusations to be made. We can see in our country where many if not most divorces involve false accusations of this sort; its practically standard practice to make them in court. It's an easy story, everyone will believe you, and none blame you for the marriage failing. And remember this is in an Indian context where the men on average are brow-beaten beta's shoved into arranged marriages to ball busting women. For all we know they left because he couldn't be controlled. He is after all the one being assaulted here. Notice there are no specific allegations of hitting or them sustaining injuries; just a nebulous 'ill-treatment' which could be just about anything (or nothing).
We simply don't have enough information to know. And the information we have is questionable. The article has more info than the source it cites and the article itself is deceptive. And it talks about polygamy but this isn't poly: they left him, and not because he was going to take a second wife. It wasn't two wives giving a beating, it was a crowd with half defending and half attacking. Most of the damage seems to have come from males apparently holding rocks. He's not being attacked for the abuse, but for moving on (or maybe not giving them a cut of his assets in divorce?).
On second thought, this is probably about the money. Talking up the supposed abuse just shields them from accusations of gold-digging. Notice their main concern is "cheating them after marriage" and "beaten for searching a new bride by his 2 wives whom he hasn’t divorced yet". It sounds like he never legally divorced them before marrying the next. It's not about the abuse, but the money.
"Police said they intervened and took them inside the station where the two women lodged a formal complaint"
Why weren't they arrested for assault? That man was beat over the head with rocks!
This could just as likely be about jealousy and revenge; which if so, we can reliably expect such accusations to be made. We can see in our country where many if not most divorces involve false accusations of this sort; its practically standard practice to make them in court. It's an easy story, everyone will believe you, and none blame you for the marriage failing. And remember this is in an Indian context where the men on average are brow-beaten beta's shoved into arranged marriages to ball busting women. For all we know they left because he couldn't be controlled. He is after all the one being assaulted here. Notice there are no specific allegations of hitting or them sustaining injuries; just a nebulous 'ill-treatment' which could be just about anything (or nothing).
We simply don't have enough information to know. And the information we have is questionable. The article has more info than the source it cites and the article itself is deceptive. And it talks about polygamy but this isn't poly: they left him, and not because he was going to take a second wife. It wasn't two wives giving a beating, it was a crowd with half defending and half attacking. Most of the damage seems to have come from males apparently holding rocks. He's not being attacked for the abuse, but for moving on (or maybe not giving them a cut of his assets in divorce?).
On second thought, this is probably about the money. Talking up the supposed abuse just shields them from accusations of gold-digging. Notice their main concern is "cheating them after marriage" and "beaten for searching a new bride by his 2 wives whom he hasn’t divorced yet". It sounds like he never legally divorced them before marrying the next. It's not about the abuse, but the money.
"Police said they intervened and took them inside the station where the two women lodged a formal complaint"
Why weren't they arrested for assault? That man was beat over the head with rocks!
[warning, mathematically illiterate liberal spittle ahead]
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/2/6/14403490/dowry-india-bride-groom-dilemma
Apparently it is illegal unless voluntary and still widely practiced.
Once when Mark Twain was lecturing in Utah, a Mormon acquaintance argued with him on the subject of polygamy. After a long and rather heated debate, the Mormon finally said, “Can you find for me a single passage of Scripture which forbids polygamy?” “Certainly,” replied Twain. “‘No man can serve two masters.’”
I think this goes under the category Monetized Hymens
Monetized? Maybe. Hymens? Not so much.
But this isn't necessarily about merchandising women, it's often about inheritance and getting the next couple up setup to succeed in life. The Bible doesn't have a problem with dowry or bride-price; requires it in certain cases even. But just about anything good can become bad if taken to extremes. And you have to put this in context. While these certainly sound excessive, that the numbers talked about are even feasible tells you these are very well off people. It's all relative.
Warning - some objectionable perspective content alert at this site...
https://solidarity-us.org/atc/41/p5047/
https://solidarity-us.org/atc/41/p5047/