Re: Four Marriages for women!!!
That would go over well…
Humans practiced polygyny (multiple wives) for thousands of years. This makes perfect sense as one man can impregnate multiple women, and more babies can be born. In times when many newborns died shortly after birth, and people rarely lived to what we consider to be middle age, having lots of children was very important. Combine this with a communal living arrangement (multiple families living together), and you also have the benefit of security.
A woman with multiple husbands is less efficient for several reasons. The men won’t know whose child is whose (in the days before genetic testing), and fewer children will be born. The woman may even die in childbirth, a fairly common occurrence. Paternal issues are a major reason for why virginity was prized in women, and why men still consider fidelity to be a very important issue. Men being tricked into raising children that aren’t their own is still a fairly common occurrence.
When I make the points above, I’m referring to societies that lived thousands of years ago, which has led us to evolve to the state we are now. So yes, now, women might be able to have multiple husbands nowadays, but humans (particularly men) have evolved in the opposite direction. If polygamy is allowed, the biggest, strongest, wealthiest men will not want to share their wives. Why would they, when they can monopolize all the desirable women?