Abstract:
This study will show that polygamy is not a religious
freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power
system in which men use economic, political, social and
physical force to control the behavior of others. This
thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a
theoretical outline for investigating the association of
power with the emotional and economic dependency of women
within the framework of a polygamist social structure. This
dependent power system is not limited to women but to their
children as well.
