Asking this as a Qatari with a polygamous father. My father’s second wife is Swedish and I know it was a tough pill to swallow for her family and friends back home.
Asking this as a Qatari with a polygamous father. My father’s second wife is Swedish and I know it was a tough pill to swallow for her family and friends back home.
Setting aside the wider point, I’m pretty sure that’s not true, because to have multiple wives you have to be able to provide for multiple wives and multiple sets of children. I’d guess the percentage of men who can do that is small enough in most if not all places to not have an effect on the wider population.
This is true. Each wife is entitled to her own house, car, allowance, etc. They have to be treated equally; at least that’s how it is in Islam. For example, my mom and father’s other wife don’t even interact that much except for communal family events and holidays for example.