Laura Hales on Common but Questionable Answers on Early Mormon Polygamy

In the following video, Laura Hales, co-author of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding and editor of A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine and Church History, answers some of the common but false “answers” to the reasons why early Latter-day Saints engaged in polygamy (e.g., there were more women and men):