Harem

A Harem refers to a collective of women who serve as wives, mistresses or servants in a polygynous relationship. Harems are usually found in ancient Islamic or Asian cultures. Members of a harem may also include the mothers and daughters of the leader of the harem. By and large, harems exist for the purpose of maintaining sexual relations with multiple partners.


 * In the Star Wars multimedia franchise, the Tatooine gangster Jabba the Hutt kept scantily clad women as slaves and dancers in his court. One was seen in attendance at the Boonta Eve Classic podrace in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, while another, a Twi'lek dancing girl named Oola was seen in the 1983 movie Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the same film, Princess Leia briefly became one of Jabba's prisoners and was forced to wear the garb of a slave girl.


 * In the 1992 Disney animated feature, Aladdin, the main character, Aladdin, under the guise of a prince named Ali Ababwa was attended by harem of women who were seated on a litter upon an elephant as Aladdin and his entourage rode into town.