So, Why do they do it?

In my previous post I questioned why women would want to enter into a polygamous marriage and become a second wife.  I've heard of many cases where it’s happened abroad, what I was interested in is why it’s happening here in the UK. The first thing I did was type ‘Muslim women who choose polygamy’ into Google. I was quite surprised by one of the options; it was talking about educated women who were willing to ‘share’ their husbands because of a lack of suitable men.  I must admit this was quite new to me as I've not heard of this before, these were professional career women and I didn't think that it was something that a modern woman would willingly do.  It seems that more and more girls are doing better than boys in education, and are choosing to have careers over marriage.  When these women feel they are ready for marriage they are usually older than the single men available and quite frankly they are seen as ‘past their sell-buy date’. This has led to what is now called the Muslim spinster crisis!  

 I've discovered that most Muslim career women don’t want to marry men from ‘back home’ because there’s such a culture clash, and as men their own age are already married,  they choose to be part of a polygamous marriage here in the UK. This is so they can have their careers and have a husband but without the baggage that comes with him, (his other wife will sort all that out). Not really a fair deal is it? Not on the husband’s part but the women, I mean what does this mean for the other wife? I imagine it might make them feel a little inadequate at times. They are left at home doing the chores while their co-wives are out earning money, coming home to have their dinner on the table and their washing and ironing done. It kind of makes me feel like these high-flying professional women are a bit like another husband not another wife!