Community for Women - Mangrovewoman Goes into Bat Over Polygamy Article

There was a truly atrocious article in a Queensland newspaper (it would be, wouldn't it?) claiming that legalised polygamy "takes the heat off women" because men naturally need more sex and that polygamy is a way for the poor dears to get it. But it gets worse. The article goes on to exhort women to provide sex with a "generosity of spirit" even if they plain don't feel like it. You can read the whole, ugly article HERE.

Meanwhile, this is our lovely, articulate, Mangrovewoman's response to the editor for publishing such unmitigated rubbish:

While I realise that we've had close to forty days and forty nights of rain, this is really no excuse for the Northern Star to present the antediluvian views of Paul Recher as though they amount to journalism.

His column on the delights of polygamy, complete with accompanying photo of a drag queens' fancy dress party, caused me to check the date; but alas, it was not April 1st. You were presenting this poorly researched, antiquated dross as a serious opinion piece.

It's bad enough that he had clearly done no research whatever into the huge emotional difficulties experienced by triad households- yes, Paul, such arrangements do exist in Australia- and chose to present his personal fantasy of a polygamous household as a quick-fix solution for men who've lost the use of their right palm. But for you to publish his astonishingly ill-informed general views negating women's right to say 'no' was wholly irresponsible.

Please tell Paul, gently, that this is 2008, and women do NOT have a responsibility to lie back and think of England when their mate fancies a quick dip. Perhaps with a little counselling (and the occasional use of an electric cattle prod) he might learn that such a course of action when a woman is not 'in the mood' is both humiliating and physically painful, and for a man to force the issue under the heading of 'marital responsibilities' is downright illegal.

If he's a slow learner, of course, he could be presented with the reverse scenario, whereby a ready, willing and able woman insists he fulfil his 'responsibilities' when he's exhausted, upset, suffering from brewers' droop or in the middle of an important piece of work- with paddlepop sticks surgically inserted to create equivalent discomfort. Yes, Paul- just because our personal facility's always there (unlike yours), it doesn't mean it's always ready for use.

And if Paul seriously thinks that ladies seek a partner armed with a shopping list that reads 'wealthy overachieving bully', you might consider removing the trashy women's magazines from his library. However if he persists in the view that we find Bill Gates attractive, lobotomy is an attractive final solution. (Nazi feminism?!! Entirely your suggestion, Paul.)