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Showing posts with label Romance/Marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romance/Marriage. Show all posts

Monday, June 5, 2023

A World Without Marriage by Bella DePaulo Ph.D. | Psychology Today

 “End the institution of government-sanctioned marriage […] Privatize marriage […] Let churches and other religious institutions continue to offer marriage ceremonies. Let department stores and casinos get into the act if they want. Let each organization decide for itself what kinds of couples it wants to offer marriage to. Let couples celebrate their union in any way they choose and consider themselves married whenever they want. Let others be free to consider them not married, under rules these others may prefer. And, yes, if three people want to get married, or one person wants to marry herself, and someone else wants to conduct a ceremony and declare them married, let ‘em. If you and your government aren't implicated, what do you care?”

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Why the Divorce Rate for Older Couples Keeps Rising SOURCE: Psychology Today AUTHORS: Carol R. Hughes, Ph.D., LMFT, and Bruce R. Fredenburg, M.S., LMFT

In his highly regarded 2015 TED talk, Dr. Robert Waldinger, the current director of the study, said, "It wasn't their middle-aged cholesterol levels that predicted how they were going to grow old. It was how satisfied they were in their relationships. The people who were the most satisfied in their relationships at age 50 were the healthiest at age 80."

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Honjok: South Korea’s ‘loner’ movement by Miren Gonzalez FROM The Independent (Singapore)

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

She had ‘total control’ of her boyfriend, prosecutors say. Now she’s charged in his suicide. By Reis Thebault FROM The Washington Post

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

What’s the best age gap in a relationship? by Soumaya Keynes FROM The Economist

Monday, May 29, 2017

Hepta: The Last Lecture. An Egyptian movie about the seven (i.e. hepta) stages of love

You will need some AI to translate from Arabic. And no, I cannot understand the Arabic, just happened to see a version with English subtitles.

Monday, December 5, 2016

Alabama Senate passes bill to stop issuing marriage licenses completely by Fr. Mark Hodges FROM Life Site

Friday, December 18, 2015

Everything you need to know about 'ghosting' — the terrible way to dump someone that's becoming increasingly popular thanks to dating apps by Maya Kosoff FROM Business Insider

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Cousin Marriage Conundrum The ancient practice discourages democratic nation-building by Steve Sailer FROM The American Conservative,

Very Long! So here are a few key sentences from the article:
Yet, Americans know so little about the Middle East that few of us are even aware of one of one of the building blocks of Arab Muslim cultures -- cousin marriage.In Iraq, as in much of the region, nearly half of all married couples are first or second cousins to each other.

Extended families that are incredibly tightly bound are really the enemy of civil society because the alliances of family override any consideration of fairness to people in the larger society.

Where will parents find a good match? Often, it boils down to whom you know and can trust."

Another important motivation -- one that is particularly important in many herding cultures, such as the ancients ones from which the Jews and Muslims emerged -- is to prevent inheritable wealth from being split among too many descendents. This can be especially important when there are economies of scale in the family business.

Just as the inbred have fewer unique ancestors than the outbred, they also have fewer unique heirs, helping keep both the inheritance and the brothers together.
Being inbred increases the chance of inheriting genetic syndromes caused by malign recessive genes. Bittles found that, after controlling for socio-economic factors, the babies of first cousins had about a 30% higher chance of dying before their first birthdays.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

A new study points to a curious blend of attitudes to sex FROM The Economist

Monday, August 19, 2013

Spanish police officer arrested for trying to 'recruit' female spies By Fiona Govan

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

7 Small & Simple Habits for a Happy Marriage By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. FROM Psychology Central

Hope this isn't too mushy!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Online Dating: Women Want Younger Men By Alexandra Sifferlin FROM Time

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

How to Navigate an Office Romance By Claire Suddath FROM Businessweek

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Satoshi Kanazawa Causes Firestorm After Claiming Black Women Are Less Attractive by Hilary Moss FROM The Huffington Post

Though perhaps it doesn't make black women feel much better, he also says that
"Net of intelligence, black men are significantly more physically attractive than nonblack men."


Saturday, January 26, 2013

Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave by Leslie Morgan Steiner FROM Ted Talk

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Can Therapists Actually Cause Divorce? By Susan Pease Gadoua, L.C.S.W. FROM Psychology Today

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Can Cold Feet Predict Marital Breakdown? by Romeo Vitelli, Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Kyrgyz Lawmakers Vote To Toughen Law On Bride Kidnapping By RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service

http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstsan-lawmakers-pass-tougher-law-on-bride-kidnapping/24743556.html

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Charles Darwin’s List of the Pros and Cons of Marriage FROM Darwin Correspondence Project

Second note [July 1838][12]

Marry

Children—(if it Please God) [14] — Constant companion,
(& friend in old age) who will feel interested in one,—
object to be beloved & played with.— —better than a
dog anyhow.— [15] Home, & someone to take care of
house— Charms of music & female chit-chat.— These
things good for one’s health.— [16] but terrible loss of
time. —

My[17] God, it is intolerable to think of spending ones
whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working, &
nothing after all.— No, no won’t do.— Imagine living
all one’s day solitarily in smoky dirty London House.—
Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with
good fire, & books & music perhaps— Compare this
vision with the dingy reality of Grt. Marlbro’ St.
Marry—Mary—Marry Q.E.D.,

Not Marry[18]

Freedom to go where one liked— choice of Society
& little of it. — Conversation of clever men at clubs—
Not forced to visit relatives, & to bend in every
trifle.— to have the expense & anxiety of children—
perhaps quarelling— Loss of time. — cannot read in
the Evenings— fatness & idleness— Anxiety &
responsibility— less money for books &c— if many
children forced to gain one’s bread.— (But then it is
very bad for ones health[19] to work too much)






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