In the vast world we live in today there are many different societies and cultures. Each culture has its own morals and beliefs that make them unique from one another. One of the main differences is the representation of woman. In many cultures outside of ours woman are treated very differently and in some people’s eyes are severely repressed. In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker there are many aspects that portray the different roles woman play in American culture. Similar to the small town lifestyle that Mama and Maggie live are the Mormon woman of Polygamist communities. They live conservative lives but often have to share a husband with multiple women.
Although most Mormons now accept the prohibition on plural marriage, various groups left, like the mainline LDS Church, continue the open practice of plural marriage. Polygamy among these groups persists today in Utah, neighboring states, and the spin-off colonies, as well as among isolated individuals with no organized church affiliation. Polygamist churches of Mormon origin are often referred to as "Mormon fundamentalist" who often use a disputed September 27, 1886 revelation to John Taylor as the basis for their authority to continue the practice of plural marriage. The Salt Lake Tribune states there are as many as 37,000 fundamentalists, with less than half of them living in polygamous households. Most of the polygamy is believed to be restricted to about a dozen extended groups of polygamous fundamentalists. The LDS Church asserts that it is improper to call any of these splinter polygamous groups Mormon. Those who live in their own communities tend to find their additional spouses from within their own communities or networks of like communities. In rare cases, this involves daughters of polygamous families entering into arranged marriages with older men who already have a number of wives. Marriage age can be young and sometimes below the legal minimum. It is also not uncommon for fairly...