Show monks make up fifth of population of tibet there are so many monks in tibet principally because it is so hard to make a living and raise a family there monks make up one fifth of the population of tibet every year thousands of young men enter monasteries instead of marrying for it often takes as many as six husbands to make enough money to support one wife and most women have at least three husbands at one time A wife may dismiss a husband whenever she feels like it and this brands him as a social outcast |