Comments on: Is polygamy outdated? http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/is-polygamy-outdated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-polygamy-outdated Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Tonderai Chiyindiko http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/is-polygamy-outdated/#comment-187269 Tonderai Chiyindiko Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:45:48 +0000 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=2627#comment-187269 JZ says that its his ‘culture’,end of discussion.I personally think that there are some traditions that are probably outdated now but in place of those traditions we have far much worse ‘urban traditions’ like the ‘small house’.I think that as much as it was good in the olden days(though because of the paternal nature of culture,the voice of women was really only heard as a token gesture,not that it would change the course of events),right now its a violation of the rights of women.Think of King Mswati and how he chooses a wife every year and how some of those women have actually run away from him because they where ‘married off’ to him without their consent and against their wishes.Polygamy just does not work though on the other hand there is the argument that ‘monogamy is a social construct’ and not really embedded in our cultural milieu.Food for thought though the reality of HIV/Aids does not give us time to debate ‘on how we should put out the fire’ whilst the house is burning to the ground,for some it may be too late…

]]> By: Fungai Machirori http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/is-polygamy-outdated/#comment-187266 Fungai Machirori Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:01:54 +0000 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=2627#comment-187266 Do you really believe that men who were polygamous of old didn’t do this for want of more sex? It’s most men’s dream to have sex with a host of different women. And I don’t think a man of old and a man today would much disagree on that point.

I know this might sound a bit odd but I think we should just accept polygamy as something that will never go away. Call it waht you want; contextualise it however you will BUT it’s something that’s been around for ages and something we aren’t going to get rid of by telling folk they’ll get HIV, etc.

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