By Melissa Antoinette Garza
I’ve been watching a lot of the TLC show Sister Wives on Netflix. I never showed much interest but I was bored and the hubby was sleeping.
To begin with, I must say that I could never share my husband. For myself, I wouldn’t ever enter into a polygamist relationship. I couldn’t ever share that level of intimacy or affection nor would I want Stephen to ever love anyone in the manner that he loves me.
That said, I’m not against it for other people. That’s to say, I don’t think the law should be involved unless abuse is suspected. For example, if we were discussing some cult scum marrying his own children or keeping women who wanted to escape captive in a domineering marriage, I would say castrate the son of a bitch and toss him in jail. That’s not the case here. This is four women who have decided to marry one man. I would feel a lot better if women in their faith had the ability to marry more than one man, but whatever – I don’t have to deal with it so whatever.
The show does have a tendency to piss me off as I think Kody is an unattractive jerk. He makes snarky remarks and is pompous. I can’t imagine how one lady would want to be married to him and yet four women all of which seem to contain at least reasonable intelligence have decided to do just that.
I will say that I disagree with the prejudice that they have to endure as a family. If we are truly a free society and these adult women have decided of their own volition to commit themselves to one man, there is no reason the law should get involved.
Overall, I think this is such a fascinating show and does provide a lot of insight into the lives of a polygamist household. It displays the ups and downs. The strangest and most refreshing element is how strong the women are. They aren’t docile or meek. They will stand up to Kody when he’s a jerk and they’ll relay their emotions without the invisible restrictions that one may expect in a home where there is 1 man to 4 women.
I actually really like the women. I wanted to dislike them. I wanted to absolutely loathe them or to pity them…and I find that I do neither. They’ve made their choices and deal rationally with whatever comes up that they have difficulty with – and in the end it’s really no different than the obstacles that arise in a traditional marriage.
Scared Stiff Rating: 6.5/10
