Suara.com – A proposal addressed to the government south Africa to allow girl marrying more than one man has caused controversy.
The government has proposed to legalize polyandry as part of a broader plan to reform the Marriage Act, which has disappointed conservatives and some religious groups.
As the page slides Daily Mail, quote BBCOn Tuesday (29/6/2021), businessman and TV personality Musa Mseleku, who stars in a South African reality TV show about a polygamous family and his four wives, opposed the move.
According to him, this will destroy African culture. What about the children of those people? How will they know their identity?
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“Women now can’t take on the role of men. This is unheard of. Will that woman now pay for the lobola [harga pengantin] for the man. Will the man be expected to take his family name? “He said.
Musa Mseleku said he had been called a hypocrite against polyandry because he had four wives.
“I’d rather speak now than be silent. All I can say is that this is not Africa. We can’t change who we are,” he said.
The leader of the opposition African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Kenneth Meshoe said the proposed law could “devastate society” if equal marriage rights were granted to women, citing the Independent.
Professor Collis Machoko said objections were ‘about control’ because African society was not ready for true equality.
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“We don’t know what to do with women we can’t control,” she said.
He researched polyandry in Zimbabwe, his country of birth, speaking to 20 women who practice it even though the practice is socially taboo and not legally recognized.
The law currently allows a man to have more than one wife and gender rights activists have asked the government to enact polyandry laws to gender equality.
A woman often initiates polyandry relationships, inviting her husband to join her union.
Some of the husbands paid dowries or contributed to their livelihoods.
Some men say they don’t satisfy their wives sexually, while others say it’s because of infertility.
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