Notes on the merits and demerits of Polygyny
Proper care of the children is possible due to the presence of number of wives but the status of women suffers a serious setback.
Proper care of the children is possible due to the presence of number of wives but the status of women suffers a serious setback.
Polygyny is a form of marriage in which one man marries more than one woman at time. In other words, under this system one man can marry more than one woman at a girl time.
Polygyny checks sexual immorality because the husband gets adequate satisfaction of his sexual urge in the company of number of wives.
There was a custom which prohibited men to approach women during their pregnancy and breast feeding of the child. Thus, due to the long term of enforced celibacy, a man might have preferred to go for a second marriage.