"LoLa: OR JUST ONE QUEEN WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THAT…. YEAH WIFE

MUTABARUKA: I am not against polygamy, as a matter of fact, I think polygamy has kept the African society in tact, much more than monogamy has done for the western world and your question of wife - it is illegal in Jamaica to have more than one wife. But I must say to you - man is by nature polygamous. I think the western world has created men who have learned to lie and cheat in the name of monogamy. In Jamaica men will be married and have a 'sweetheart' this is not because he is really a bad persons but because the society does not allow him to express this part of his nature - so he lies and causes pain to his wife. We need to examine the African society and other societies that are polygamous to bring about a true picture of what relationships are supposed to be

Richie:Does that mean a wife would not feel disrespected if polygamy was the normal thing?

MUTABARUKA: I think most women who I have come in contact with, have expressed that they would feel much better if their man had told them about the next women rather than they finding out from their friend. I don’t think the people in the east who practice polygamy see it as a disrespect, because most polygamous families. The first wife is the one who decides the second wife, so the first wife is not exempt from the acceptance of a next woman in the family. What we have in the western world is the first wife trying to investigate about the second woman and not getting any answers start to feel insecure and jealousy is about insecurity nothing else.

nancy: what are you thoughts of women who have more than 1 man?

Alizae: Muta, infidelity is one of the main cause of spreading AIDS, so y is it that u do not oppose to infidelity?

MUTABARUKA: Why are you saying this? we were not talking about infidelity - we were talking about wives. Having more than one life is not infidelity - having a wife and cheating is infidelity, if you have wives and they know each other that is not infidelity. The western world promotes infidelity.

Larry1:Come now bredren, if you found out your women had a sweetheart you would be ready fi lick DAT, they feel the same way. If you are in love with a women then the mere thought of being with another women should hurt you more than her.

MUTABARUKA:I don’t think you understand what we were saying, I was saying that the western world promotes sweetheart life from any angle. In Africa and Asia polygamy is something that has existed for thousands of years and it has kept these societies in tact I am not speaking about cheating which is infidelity we are talking about wives not sweethearts your question has proven my point.

nancy: so since you never answered my question I must assume that you must believe that it is ok for a man to havea sweetheart just as long as a woman doesn't

MUTABARUKA: you are obviously mistaking a man's two wives - one to be his sweetheart…sweetheart is not wife…we are talking about wives, not sweethearts. Sweetheart is infidelity. "

*taken from "Cutting Edge."