POLYGAMY CAUSES FAMILY VIOLENCE

Post Courier 28 August 2015

Polygamy is the main cause of violence against women and children in the highlands provinces of Papua New Guinea.

They suffer greatly from men having more than one wife. Conflict between wives occurs with both struggling for money for food for their children.

Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family Welfare has been holding enquiries in Mt Hagen.

The enquiry has been told that women and children suffer greatly from men having more than one wife.

Besides polygamy, financial problems resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol and gambling were contributing factors in the increasing violence.

Polygamy is the main cause of domestic violence and leads to violence and trauma. How do we sort out polygamy?

There is a high admission rate of mothers and children at Mendi Hospital with mental problems because they could no longer bear the pressure.

On the matter of child abuse, no justice is done for the victims when family members opt for compensation.

A teacher from Kama SDA primary school said poor performance of students was directly linked to problems on the home front.

Comment: Many PNG men want more than one wife. Many are small boys with no intelligence and their brains on the ends of their penises.

They think they become big men with wives everywhere and many children. The problem is they do not have a job and are unable to look after their polygamous family.

Some wives learn to play mind games with their small boy husband. Where is my food? Ask No. 1 wife. Where are my washed clothes? Ask No. 3 wife. Out of that comes violence. 

All wives and children are starving and the kids do not go to school. Then one wife stabs the next wife and ends up in Bomana prison. Both wives should have got together and attacked the man. They are the victims. He is the small boy wrong doer.