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Westermarck argues that marriage is a social institution that rests on a biological foundation, and developed through a process in which human males came to live together with human females for sexual gratification, companionship, mutual economic aid, procreation, and the joint rearing of offspring.
Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law is a 2012 book by Elizabeth Brake in which the author provides an "in-depth examination of marriage, within the context of contemporary ethical and political theory."
That’s why, for much of human history, the marriage historian Stephanie Coontz writes, people thought lifelong partnership was “too important” to be left up to love. Marriage was a business contract. Families used it to acquire lands, to create stable legacies on which their next generations could build.
[The] revisionist view has informed the marriage policy reforms of the last several decades. It is a vision of marriage as, in essence, a loving emotional bond, one distinguished by its intensity—a bond that needn’t point beyond the partners, in which fidelity is ultimately subject to one’s own desires." (pp. 2-3)
1. Share Love Maps: This is where all the information learned about our partners gets stored. One example of information gathered and stored is the things that they like and things that they dislike. [3] [4] [5] 2. Nurture Your Fondness & Admiration: This is showing that you care about the other person and focusing on and acknowledging the ...
Sharing a Google Calendar to manage our family schedules has saved us from so many fights. My husband and I take equal responsibility for it. ... 'Mental load' is the biggest thing you cannot see ...
When same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S., opponents said it would undermine traditional marriage and destabilize families. So what actually happened? Q&A: These researchers examined 20 ...
Stephen Snyder-Hill (né Hill; born October 21, 1970) is an American soldier, author, lecturer, and LGBT rights activist who served under the United States Army's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and fought against the Defense of Marriage Act in collaboration with Freedom to Marry and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. [1]