One Wife, Two Wife, Three Wife Four

Tentative Title:

One Wife, Two Wife, Three Wife Four

An insight into Modern day Polygamy

Tentative Thesis:

Polygamy is considered a crime and is prosecutable within certain states. In many polygamist communities abuse, incest, and crime is at large. What many do not understand is that some polygamists choose to live within normal communities and raise their children outside the strict guidelines of other polygamist communities. This essay will help people understand that although you may not think their choice is spiritually acceptable, their children are being raised healthy, with no abuse and, in a loving home just with more then one mom.

Condensation:

When many people hear the word polygamist many stereotypes come to mind, the old-fashioned dresses, braided hair, young marriage and sexual abuse. Although in some polygamist groups this may hold true people do not realize that modern day polygamists choose to live in regular communities dress in everyday clothes and participate in many activities. Their values are still the same and they believe the same things but they choose to be actively involved in the less extreme community. Television has tried to glamorize this lifestyle in shows such as Big Love and Sister Wives both showing a different take on the lives of modern day polygamists. The lifestyle of modern day polygamy comes with many struggles and complications they must face the law, others judgment, housing struggles, hectic schedules, and influence of public school and activities on their children. I will discuss in this paper these struggles starting with the issues of others in the community they choose to love and the judgment that they would not face if they lived in an all polygamist community. I will follow by discussing the issues they face with the law depending on the state they choose to live in. In many states polygamy is a prosecutable and all involved will be charged with bigamy and could face jail time but the worse effect is that all wives and children will be separated. Although the children may have different mothers they all have grown up together as brothers and sisters and separation would be just as devastating as separating any siblings. Third I will discuss the housing struggles modern day polygamists may face. The goal of all modern day polygamists is to have their entire family in one big house together. In certain states where houses are built on quality and not the quantity of rooms this can be a struggle it leads them to build their own home which many do not have the proper funds to do even with at least the husband and two wives working. Forth I will discuss the hectic and complicated schedule that modern day polygamist husbands and wives face which in turn affects all the children. Finally I will discuss the values