In modern times, the awakening of some women's rights consciousness in China and the wide spread of equality between men and women have promoted women's status to some extent. However, most people's deep-rooted preference for sons over daughters has also led to the sex ratio problem in China.
According to relevant statistics, according to the current level of marriage and childbearing in China, there will be about 50 million men who can't find a female partner in the next five years to 10, and the imbalance of population sex ratio may cause many major social problems.
In order to solve this problem, many people put forward constructive suggestions, but one of them aroused people's dissatisfaction, that is, economist Huang Youguang proposed to allow polygamy, and his suggestion was widely criticized as soon as it was put forward. People think it's ridiculous.
Perhaps few readers know that polygamy has existed in some countries and regions, and even in today's highly developed civilization, this system still exists. Polygamy literally means that a wife can have more than one husband. Generally speaking, this system is divided into two forms, one is hetaerism, a brother, and the other is hetaerism, a person who is not related by blood.
These two forms seem absurd, but they do exist. For example, in some parts of Bhutan, such marriages still exist. Although these two ways have strict regulations on the division of children and property, they both weaken the rights of wives, which is very unfair to women.
Polygamy actually existed in the primitive matriarchal society for a period of time, but with the demand and development of society, it was gradually replaced by paternal society. Because of the disparity between men and women in most historical periods, men dominated the relationship between husband and wife. Therefore, even under the system of polygamy, women do not have great rights. On the contrary, it means that women's status has become lower.
There used to be a female-centered lifestyle in Tibetan areas of China, but it soon turned into a male-centered lifestyle. However, in order to protect family assets from loss, this kind of polygamy has also been preserved.
Due to the influence of the special historical environment at that time, this system existed for a long time. However, with the development of economy and culture, people's awareness of human rights has gradually awakened, so the status of women has gradually improved, and this system has gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
Therefore, this system has many adverse effects on women. Except in primitive society, women have a high status. In other periods, this system regarded women as available resources and their status was extremely low. It can even be said that there is no human rights at all.
Nowadays, the level of civilization in the world has also been greatly improved, and people are gradually abolishing this backward marriage system, and the status of women is also increasing day by day. For example, in our family, women have great power, and their status and voice in the family are very high.
Most readers understand the disadvantages of polygamy. We don't know whether this backward marriage system put forward by economist Huang Youguang can be realized in modern society, but it is obvious that this system violates the law of social development and its historical background does not allow it to be implemented in modern society. On the other hand, even if this system is really implemented, I am afraid it will not solve the problem of single men.
As a well-known economist, Huang Youguang's speech naturally has a far-reaching influence, so every public figure should carefully consider what he wants to say before making his own voice, so as not to be misunderstood and have a bad influence.