Sister Wives

Sister Wives

In the show sister wives, Cody and his four wives document their life. There are a few things that has demonstrate the stereotypical man role and female role. First Kody is described to handle the difficult children he is the one to discipline. When dad comes home you’re in trouble attitude. Similar to colonial women, when the men came home from hard day’s work the children better be on their best behavior. When the children are not; it is up to dad to take charge. 

 He is allowed to have multiple partners whereas the women must be faithful to only Kody. Also there are three women who have no legal attachment to Kody. They do not have legal rights and cannot make legal actions. However each woman shares his last name. Each woman has her own home. Kody move throughout the week to each wives home. Therefor when it’s their day with Kody all his centered toward him.

In general women of polygamy must hide their lives from the public. Most do this in fear that their children will be taken away and that they will be arrested. Women must remain quiet and hide their relationship. This gives women little chance to They also mention how women in polygamist families normally hide. The women are to hide their relationship with the women so that there is no speculation. This then places women in a life of fear with no outlet. They are stuck in their own sphere taking care of the children. Janelle differs from the other woman for one reason. Instead of working inside the home she had a career outside. Nevertheless she had to drop her career to follow Kody and his wives out of state. 

 

Another interesting observation on the show is the symbol itself.  After the opening credit you see a quick image of five rings. Kody's ring is the strength and holding all of his wives rings bunched together. If they are in fact all equal shouldn't the symbol replicate a chain of some sort with each intertwined together. Does this demonstrate the males role versus the females role? Is the man the one in charge and the women hang below?

Kristine herself speaks about the idea of marriage. She talks about the pay off and the perfect marriage. The same ideals she was told about as a young girl the promises she was made. She comes to the realization that marriage is not perfect. It is apparent that Kody is in charge of the family unit.

Similar views are shared between the Duggar and Brown family. For instant similar dating rules still apply. The idea that kissing, and hand holding will result in bad decisions as well as broken hearts. Kody has the "man talk" with his daughter potential boyfriend. I mean look at Kody in the first seconds of this video. Dad's home he needs to relax no one bother him!