Big Love to Tiger King: Polygamy in the Media

How polygamy is portrayed in the media doesn’t reflect every real-life experience.

In the United States, where monogamy is the standard, polygamy is still viewed as something of a taboo. When portrayed in the media it runs the gamut from the outrageous, like the recent true crime documentary, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madnesswhere two very different forms of polygamy are shown, but not heavily discussed; to the religious, lik…