Re: Second wife =home wrecker always?
I can educate my kids on what I believe to be right for them. I can educate them about healthy relationships, safe sex and birth control. However, at some point in time they’ll start making their own decisions. My son deciding to marry more than one woman would be his choice and I’d have to respect it. Again, my daughter deciding to do so would be hers and I’d have to respect that as well. Of course, the assumption being everyone in the marriage agrees to the arrangement.
I don’t think polyandry it’s any sillier than a man marrying multiple woman. Moreover, following the traditional model man earns woman runs the house, it could be argued that a woman marrying multiple men could be beneficial for the kids in the marriage. Having two husbands means having two sources of income instead of one. The same can’t be said for a husband having multiple wives. His income get split among all his wives. Also, having multiple wives means more kids in the family which translates to further division of resources.
Of course, not every model is suited for every society. In a society where number of men and women is equal monogamy would be ideal and instances of polygyny would have to be balanced with polyandry. In society where there are more women than men polyandry would exacerbate the problem and in a society where men outnumber women (China being an example) polygyny would make things worse.