The outrage some Muslims, particularly some women, direct at polygamy is seldom about justice or the protection of rights. It is more often rooted in personal pain and the belief that another woman should not enter a marriage where one has already “suffered”. That position is emotional, not principled. It treats the second wife as someone who is harvesting where she did not sow, rather than as a woman entering a relationship that Islam expressly permits. What makes this position even weaker is the nature of the attack itself. A woman who simply indicates interest in a man is subjected to relentless insults and character assassination. This happens even when the man in question has openly shown love, care, and generosity toward his existing wife through gifts and public affection. Instead of that conduct being recognised as evidence of a man who values his household, it is twisted into a reason to destroy the woman who has expressed interest. The outrage is incessant, personal, and disproportionate. It is especially shameful when it comes from Muslims, who are expected to distinguish between what the Shariah allows and what personal resentment demands. There is a further inconsistency that is difficult to ignore. Many of those most vocal against polygamy do not actually reject the institution itself. Their real objection is often to polygamy practised by men of limited means. At the same time, some are dating married men or maintaining boyfriend-girlfriend relationships outside marriage, while still presenting themselves as moral critics of those who choose to formalise their unions lawfully. Those who should be speaking on this subject are the ones who themselves remain within the lines. You cannot step outside the limits of Shariah in your own relationships and then claim the authority to condemn a woman for seeking a lawful marriage. That is double standard and hypocrisy!