We can have many mates, yeah. But sometimes a lion can have a "main mate" and mates they consider "lower" or somethin' like that. S'like a hierarchy of mates. Though...

[ The truth of the matter is that the lionesses are the ones who run the show on mating. ]

... ya kinda remind of a lioness like this, an' they are the ones who run matin' and shit. Matriarchal society or whatever.