“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?”
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Monday, June 5, 2023
A World Without Marriage by Bella DePaulo Ph.D. | Psychology Today
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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."
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
Honjok: South Korea’s ‘loner’ movement by Miren Gonzalez FROM The Independent (Singapore)
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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
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
What’s the best age gap in a relationship? by Soumaya Keynes FROM The Economist
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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.
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Monday, December 5, 2016
Alabama Senate passes bill to stop issuing marriage licenses completely by Fr. Mark Hodges FROM Life Site
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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
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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.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
A new study points to a curious blend of attitudes to sex FROM The Economist
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Spanish police officer arrested for trying to 'recruit' female spies By Fiona Govan
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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!
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Online Dating: Women Want Younger Men By Alexandra Sifferlin FROM Time
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
How to Navigate an Office Romance By Claire Suddath FROM Businessweek
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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."
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave by Leslie Morgan Steiner FROM Ted Talk
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Can Therapists Actually Cause Divorce? By Susan Pease Gadoua, L.C.S.W. FROM Psychology Today
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Can Cold Feet Predict Marital Breakdown? by Romeo Vitelli, Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Kyrgyz Lawmakers Vote To Toughen Law On Bride Kidnapping By RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service
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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)
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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