大象传媒

When many people struggle to maintain one relationship, why do some people enter into multiple simultaneous marriages? Lucy Ash hears why polygamists are drawn to these complex arrangements and how they manage them. She discusses rotas, hierarchies and curfews with a South African businessman and his four wives who star in a popular reality TV show. A former Mormon polygamist from the American state of Utah tells how having to share her husband with a sister wife had a devastating impact on her mental health. Anthropologist Katie Starkweather explains why some societies have favoured polyandry, the practice of one woman marrying multiple men.

Presenter:Lucy Ash
Producers: Viv Jones, Lizzy McNeill
Editor:Andrew Smith.