Husbands in
polygamous marriages may naturally provoke wives to compete for a greater share of his attention. During the course of my reading and interpretation of this foreign or even alien concept of polygamy; I gained a greater understanding for why certain African countries and the Islamic culture use this
marital system. A stable environment can be defined as environment where the child experiences no dramatic changes in his or her family that would negatively affect the child's feelings on a permanent level. At the end of my research, my opinion changed quite drastically. My opinion changed slightly from the beginning of my research on polygamy to my understanding at the end of my research.
Naima Saif'ullah, a woman Armstrong uses an example. Muhammad had four wives and treated them respectfully and equally, this is truly the backbone of the polygamous
marital system. Her mosque's religious leaders chose an incompatible mate for her, and she felt her marriage was a series of "unsuccessful marriages and her failure at polygamy" (Armstrong, 2003, 18). It allows a man to accept this greater challenge of being the heart of a large family and taking care of them, in a practical, caring, and gentle manner. tment of wives by the husband" (Hassouneh-Phillips, 2001, as cited in Elbedour, Onwuegbuzie, Alatamin, 2003). It seemed too blurry in its form, too tasteless, and the paternal love is simply not spread out equally amongst the children. I compared the conventional monogamous
marital system in the United States with the polygamous
marital system in the Islamic
Middle East. Armstrong's research entails stories of African-American people converting to the Islamic religion for certain reasons, however, one woman converted for the sole purpose of marrying an Islamic man. The wives and children too often find themselves lacking the given attention level from the husband you would find in a
monogamous marriage.
