Jacob Zuma with 4 of his WIVES cutting cake on his 70th birthday

Jacob Zuma with 4 of his WIVES cutting cake on his 70th birthday last year. The ratio of MEN to WOMEN is currently 2:5.This means that for there to be GENDER EQUILIBRIUM,one man should marry at least 5 wives.

Research has shown that MOST men are willing to MARRY more than ONE wife but FEAR the reactions of their 'SELFISH' wives. Most married men are also cheating with single women without making the marriage official. Should POLYGAMY be ACCEPTED as a solution to GENDER PARITY?.

More than being about companionship or sex, polygamy is about money and status. Across the world, the practice has traditionally been the privilege of those who could afford to marry and maintain many wives and children. Practicing polygamy is a public sign that you have more resources -- economic, political, and personal -- than the average man.

Marriage has always been used to build alliances between families and groups; this is even truer for polygamy, with its broad possibilities for connection. Like a fancy job or a big house, polygamy both creates status and derives from it. And gaining various kinds of statuses is still what drives men (and women) to polygamy in Africa today.

Even in many of Africa's affluent urban centers, polygamy is on the rise as more men can afford more wives, and they benefit from the prestige and power that this status confers.