The problem with polygamy

An advisor to the prime minister of Turkey has published a book in which he admits to a polygamous relationship with three women. His father-in-law, or at least one of them, Suat Kilic is a leading member of the Justice and Development Party who introduced a bill legalizing polygamy which was defeated. It is not known how he feels about his son-in-law’s espousal of his principles.

The problem with polygamy is that Nature has so ordered human life that there is an approximately the same number of men and women in every population. To make polygamy work, a man should eliminate another man of marriageable age for each additional wife he takes. This could be done by stirring up wars, of course.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/world/europe/11briefs-TURKEY.html