Iingqungquthela zabantu: njani yonke into ihlelwe kuyo? Abalandeli banamhlanje baseCleopatra bawuncede umgangatho onamandla ukucoca nokulungisa ukutya.
Amaqhawe amabhinqa ekhulwini lama-21 ayimangalisi: kwamanye amazwe asempuma, abafazi basalinganiswa nezilwanyana, kwaye akukho mntu ubona nantoni na into ehlawulelwayo kwinto yokuba indoda enye yayihlala nabafazi abaninzi. Olu hlobo lolwalamano luthiwa isithembu, kodwa kukho uhlobo oluhambelana nolwalamano - i-polyandry. Lo luhlobo "lwamaqhekeza okuchaseneyo," apho elinye ibhinqa linelungelo lokukhetha ubusuku bonke indoda entsha phakathi kwabahlali bayo.
Umnini ogqwesileyo kunabo bonke abesilisa
Inkosikazi kaKhesare, uKumkanikazi uCleopatra, yayingathembekanga kumphathi omkhulu. IYiputa kunye neRoma babesazi intshutshiso yabo, njengoko behlala bevakatye rhoqo, kodwa babengakwazi ukucinga ukuba zithandwa phi phakathi kobomi babantu obucacileyo obunjalo.
Ngokukhawuleza ukuba uKesare washiya iphondo lakhe lothandekayo, wathumela iindaba kuye udadewabo, i-Princess Arsinoe. Kwakuyi-Arsinoe Cleopatra efihla i-sherem yayo yamakhulu amathandathu amahle abantu abancinci. Nangona kunjalo, kuKesare akazange afunde nantoni na, emva kobusuku obunye ebhedeni lokumkani, le ndoda yabulawa, ngoko ke ukungena kwi-harem kwakuyinyathelo elingaphumeleli kwimpumelelo, kodwa ekufeni. Xa uKesare ekugqibeleni wafunda inyaniso, wahlala umhlala phantsi waza wathatha uAsinoe emaketeni ukuba abuyisele.
Indlovukazi enomdlakazi waseIndiya kunye namadoda akhe
Ekuqaleni kwe-III yeminyaka eyi-BC. Umlawuli waseNdiya u-Draupadi watshitshiswa ngabantu abahlala kwisigqibo sakhe sokuthatha njengendoda amadoda amahlanu kanyekanye. Bonke babe ngabazalwana omnye, esinye isizathu sokuba imfazwe nabantu abakhelene nabo, abajonga i-Draupadi, intombi kaKumkani Panchal, i-libertine yinyaniso, eyonakalisa iziseko. Ngelo xesha, loo mfazi wayengenalo ilungelo lokukhangela le ndoda kwaye uthetha kuye "njengenkosi", ngoko isondo esinamandla bellicose sithole iindaba zomtshato ovukelayo.
Ekuqaleni, i-Drapal yayiceba ukutshata kuphela umzalwana wesithathu, owayebizwa ngokuba yiArjuna. Xa efumanise ukuba abazalwana bakhe babethandana nomtshakazi njengoko wayekho, wacetyisa ukuba ahlale kunye nentsapho enkulu. Njalo kusihlwa umyeni omtsha wamtyelela waza ngamnye wazala unyana omnye. Abayeni bakhe bonke bekulungele ukunyamezela udidi luka-Draupala oluzimeleyo, ngoko omnye umyeni kaYudhisthira wayelahlekelwa ngamathambo akhe.
Abalawuli abathandekayo baseAsia
Abahlali bamazwe ase-Asia banxulumene neentlanzi eziphathekayo, ezikwazi ukuzonwabisa nabantu abaculayo, ingxoxo enomdla kunye nodaniso. Ukuphazamiseka, kodwa kwakuseChina apho abathandi beentombi zeentombi zahlala khona. Oyena wokuqala nguWu Zhao. Ngeyeshumi elinesithathu waba ngumfazi wesigxina somlawuli olawulayo, kodwa emva kokufa kwakhe, uWu Zhao wangena ebuhlotsheni obusondeleyo kunye nendodana yakhe, wawabulala zonke ezinye iintandokazi kwaye wayeyicinga isihloko se-Empress.
Emva kokuphumelela kwamandla, wakhetha abacebisi abanolwazi nabazinikeleyo, evumela ukuba aphumule aze angene ehlabathini lonwabo. Ngamnye amashweshwe akhe ayemude (ngaphezu kwe-2 m) ukukhula kunye nomzimba onamandla. Ngokutsho kokwamkelwa kukaWu Zhao, wayekhohliwe malunga nombuso kunye nomthwalo wemandla ezandleni zabo. I-empress enobudlova enomzimba yayisetyenziselwa amadoda emva kokuzonwabisa: ukusuka kwimbewu yakhe kunye negazi, wenza ubuso bomzimba kunye nemzimba ukuze athole ixesha elutsha.
Udadewabo kaMbusi uTsang Wu, uNkosana Shanyin walandela umzekelo wongaphambi kwakhe. Wayekhwele umntakwabo, owayenamawaka amashweshwe, kwaye ekugqibeleni wakwazi ukumqinisekisa ukuba umele amnike iindoda zamadoda. UMzalwan 'wanikela uShanyin wama-30 awona mkhosi onamandla kunabo bonke ubukhosi, kodwa waba ngumntu oyinyaniso enyanzelisayo, yingakho kukho amadoda ambalwa kakhulu. Njalo ubusuku ubuninzi beesancinza zafika kwigumbi lakhe lokulala, kodwa wakhononda kwaye wakhononda ukuba akukho namnye onokumnika ukwaneliseka. UCang U ukhathele ngamabango akhe - kwaye wakhela uthando lwakhe lokuthuthuzela i-palace-harem ehlukeneyo.
Ngomnyaka we-1908, umninimzi wokugqibela wesigodlo kunye namadoda aseChina wafa - uTsi Si. Waqala ukumema amashweshwe emva kokufa komyeni wakhe-u-Izhu, enethemba lokumisa umnqweno. Ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uQi Xi wathi:
"Itrone yeNyoka ayifanele iphinde iwele phantsi kwamandla kunye nempembelelo yowesifazane ..."
Iindlalifa zanamhlanje ze-"pregnant"
I-Matriarchy kwifom yeklasi, apho ibhinqa ithathwa njengentloko yentsapho, ngoku ifunyenwe kumazwe aseAfrika, kodwa iinqwelo zithintela kuzo. EGhana naseCôte d'Ivoire, abafazi basombulula iingxaki ezinkulu zezemali kunye nezindlu, kodwa bahlala bekhululekile kwiintsebenziswano abahlali bamaPhondo aseTibet yaseSichuan naseYunnan kunye neziqithi zase-Oceania.
Imindeni apho ibizwa ngokuba yiindawo zokuhlala kwamabhinqa, apho oogogo, iintombi zabo kunye nabazukulwana babo bahlala ngexesha elifanayo. Umdala kwintsapho ufanisa ibhunga kanye ngeveki, apho iinqununu ezithembekileyo zentsapho zixutyushwa ngazo. Amadoda ahlala emakhayeni omama aze eze kubafazi bawo kuphela xa bevakalisa umnqweno wabo. Kule meko, enye intombazana ingaba namadoda amahlanu okanye amathandathu, kodwa akaze acinge ngento ayenayo. Umntwana wesini uhlala endlwini enye kunye naye. Ngoxa abafazi bebenza kwaye banembopheleleko kubantwana babo, amadoda ahlambulula indlu aze abalungiselele ukutya. Amakhosikazi aseYurophu naseMerika aphupha ngokugqithisa okunjalo ngaphezu kobulili obuqinileyo.