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Funny, I never knew adultery was illegal in Mexico but this week Congress voted to make adultery legal. I read several articles regarding the reasons for such a decision. Some say Congress wanted to decriminalize adultery because the law discriminated against women while others say the law had not been enforced since 2004.
When I was living in Mexico, I never knew adultery to be illegal. In fact, I remember that in my neighborhood it was normal for a husband to take a second wife and if he was “bien macho” maybe he would add a girlfriend. Wives and second wives knew each other but never talked to one another.
A good example was my neighbor, Leonor, who never said anything about her husband's second wife. However her children were very curious about the step-siblings. Unfortunately, the second wife was never seen at various family gatherings, and the children had no right to meet the grandparents, aunts, uncles etc. Everyone involved knew about the situation but no one talked about it. As a child, I always wondered why Leonor never left the cheating husband.
I am not sure how the change in the law is going to help women in Mexico. To be frank, the law did not make any sense because it placed undue burdens upon the women, while letting the men do what they had always done. I guess time will tell. Perhaps women will take up second husbands.
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