Why are women not allowed to have husbands more than one?

In our society, it’s common for a husband to have wife more than one maximally three, whereas women are not permitted to have husbands more than one. Some people say that this is discrimination for the women; it is injustice. This time I am going to make it clear.

The first of all, I would like to give explanation about the terminology about having more than one couple married. Having more than one wife for men is called polygamy. On the other hand having more than one husband for women is called polyandry. I’m sure that we usually hear these terminologies. The former is allowed in our law and the last is not allowed.

Actually there are many reasons about the prohibition of polyandry, but in my writing I will explain one reason only. It is based on status of the children they have. The women can naturally delivery a baby, and it is quite different with men. Men can have a baby but they can not delivery it. Now try to compare between two girls who are monoandry and polyandry. When a woman who has one husband deliveries a baby, we can still identify whose father the baby belongs to, but if a woman who is polyandry deliveries a baby, we can not easily to identify that the baby belongs to which husband. It can belong to first husband, second husband, even third husband.

If we want to compare polygamy with polyandry, we can find that there are big differentiations between them. When a polyandry man has a baby from second wife, we can say that the baby belongs to this father and this mother because it is clear enough, but when a polyandry woman has delivered a baby, it is hard for us to justice that the baby’s father is the first husband, second husband, or third husband.

We can allegory this problem with a kettle and a cup. The kettle is men and the cup is women. When a kettle full of with milk is poured in to several cups, we can say that the cups consist of milk. It is just like a man has many wives. It is easy to identify the father of the baby because there only one source. Now try to see how if a woman is polyandry. There are three kettle (husbands), consisted of different kinds of drink (each of them are orange juice, whiskey, and tea) and an empty cup (the wife of three husbands). Now pour the orange juice into the cup, and then pour the whiskey and the last pour the tea. Can you guess what the cup contains now? Absolutely it’s hard for you to say that the cup contains orange juice because you have poured whiskey and tea also. It’s simply the same with identifying the father of a baby whose mother has many husbands.

From the brief explanation above, we can see clearly the reason why polygamy is allowed while polyandry is forbidden in our law. It is just a matter of baby’s status. There are still many reasons why this practice is illegal but I can explain only based on this point of view because of limitations of my ability in explaining. Thank you for reading my writing. And I really hope your comment for better work.

By : Karman