Polygamy Exploited

I thought the story of the Ethiopian polygamist was bad enough. 11 wives, 77 children, and going bankrupt was the story of the ultimate polygamist. Or so I thought.

And then there was the Malaysian polygamist - a father of 18 who married 3 on a salary of RM1,500 a month, and who managed to get his three wives to come to court and tell the judge that he can marry a fourth.

And now, there's the Nigerian Muslims preacher with 86 wives, 170 kids and plans to have more. From the Reuters: Preacher with 86 wives gets court reprieve:

LAGOS (Reuters) -A Nigerian court has granted temporary reprieve to an 84-year-old Muslim preacher with 86 wives after local leaders threatened to force him to leave the area unless he divorced all but four of them.

Mohammed Bello launched a legal challenge after local chiefs and Muslim leaders in Bida, a town in central Niger state where he lives with his wives and some 170 children, gave him until Sept 7 to comply with Islamic sharia law, which allows a man to have no more than four wives at a time.

Some newspapers said last week that Bello had agreed at a meeting with local officials to divorce all but four of the women and had asked for time to return them to their families.

But his spokesman denied the reports and said the preacher intended to marry more wives instead.

And then there's the 'man drought' that Australia's suffering from. From BBC: Australia suffering 'man drought':

An analysis of new census figures has shown that Australia is suffering from an unprecedented "man drought".

The statistics have revealed that there are almost 100,000 more females than males in Australia.

The problem is worse in the coastal cities, where women have moved seeking better jobs and lifestyles, while many men have gone overseas.

Thirty years ago Australia was with flush with men thanks to immigration policies that favoured males.

That position has been reversed because thousands of Australian men in their 20s and early 30s have gone overseas either to travel or to work.

It has caused a gender imbalance that is having far-reaching implications.

So the three men are maybe just worried about the gender imbalance in their own countries? What is the world coming to, anyway?