Re: The 2nd,3rd,4th wives…
nomi, all these are very valid and a harsh reality - yet i dont know how to contribute to this any further
but one point i would like to make here is we are all talking about people who think they are intellectuals, thus they project their opinions and voices and this is what you are mentioning.
if you go to lower, lower middle class in pakistan, the first wives are in some ways grateful that after bringing the new wife they didnt throw the them out along with the kids in most cases. in such cases and others both wives accept each other and learn to living together.
if you havent already, you should read ‘a thousand splendid suns’ by khalid hosseni - its a story about two wives with an age difference of mother and daughter