God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped by Andrea Moore-Emmett

God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalisby Anonymous

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November 17, 2006: It is hard to believe that this can go on in America, but it does. Polygamy is a system that is set up for problems. It can cause jealousy and infighting in a family where the children of one mother will often jostle for power over the children of another. It can cause friction between the women who are vying for the husband's attention. I'm appalled at the young age of these girls who are put into forced marriages -- often to husbands old enough to be their fathers or grandfathers. I am also appalled at the fact that these men can have so many wives and children and yet refuse to support them. The instances of polygamy in the Old Testament show that the husbands of these plural wives provided for and cared for their families. The type of polygamy shown in this book is totally unBiblical. (In fact, the New Testament seems to repudiate polygamy, but that's another story.) Although this mostly deals with the plight of the girls, it also shows young boys being victimized, too. Hopefully, something will happen to break the back of this very bad system.