Originally posted by Omni Rex Draconis
Only from a patriarchal point of view. The children would quite clearly belong to the mother.
Only from a patriarchal point of view. The children would quite clearly belong to the mother.
Marriage has never been any one thing throughout history, though for the longest period, it was a claim of ownership over the woman. In much of the world, this view still prevails. It prevailed in the United States until the 1970s. Divorce was a man's prerogative, not a woman's. We could cheat, they would be put to death for such crimes. It was slavery.
Modern marriage is not slavery. It is not a kenel for breeding. It is an ananachronism from a less enlightened time, which we have changed and adapted. Modern marriage is not about children, or the elderly would not be allowed to wed, the infertile would not be allowed to wed. Quakers and Shakers would not be allowed to wed. And gays who adopted or had their own children would be allowed to wed.
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