This is a classic example of HEGEMONY, oppression by consent.

“As the church grew, it struggled to accommodate the marriage practices of its swelling ranks of converts. Clovis, the first Christian king of France, praised by church chroniclers for his piety and wisdom, never abandoned polygamy.

A ban on clerical polygamy was enacted only in the eighth century.”

Yet powerful men in the West today, contort their lives to abide by ‘obligations’ that have no objective basis in either religious or moral precepts.

https://uscatholic.org/articles/201210/what-is-the-history-of-marriage/