A young #Palestinian couple on their #wedding day. Just a small ceremony in an improvised tent, no #family gatherings, no celebration, everyday jeans for the groom, no real wedding dress for the bride, three red roses as bridal bouquet. No honeymoon - just the fear of loosing each other every minute. [Picture by Khalil.]
We had our first quiet Saturday in a long time. This afternoon we made some time for art and creativity! @dohappybelove did the watercolor painting and @seanbala made a long-stitch book. The inside of Sean's book was made from an old calendar that we had lying around.
Sex imbalance varied by ethnicity & influenced marital decisions & hhold composition at a time of rising ethnic intermarriage in early 20thC Hawaii, according to Sumner LaCroix & coauthors in a new Asia-Pacific Economic History Review paper. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12280
The Greek Parliament passed a law that allows marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, a proposal by the conservative Government that faced strong resistance from the powerful Orthodox Church.
Unlike prior evidence for the U.S. and the Netherlands, data from Chile suggest that "specialization" (having different roles in the household) is associated with a lower probability of divorce and separation for both married and cohabiting couples. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38037551/
Fewer Koreans are getting married due to rising costs of weddings and apartment rentals. In this context, the decrease in marriages may be the leading cause of the country's falling birthrate since most couples only have children after marrying.
Dayswork, by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel. You are a writer fascinated with Melvillians and the many biographers of the famous author and the ways their own lives, and marriages may all be echoing each other across the centuries. 4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐳. @bookstodon#bookstodon#reading#melville#books#mobydick#marriage
I haven't been around much lately...We had our anniversary and then the weather has been so good that we just have to be outside...gardening...walking at the park...cycling. Gotta get it while we can!
So, I had to talk about #Sparta! A warrior society focused on war, women had more rights than their #Athenian counterparts -- and were encouraged to be physically fit and prepared to fight to defend their homeland.
Sparta
Unlike their Greek counterparts, the women of Sparta had a lot more freedom and status. They were educated, since they would be in charge of keeping the homeland running smoothly while the men were at war – but they were also strong and able to defend themselves and their homeland.
Spartan men and women lived in separate quarters – even while married. Married couples would leave their respective quarters to procreate, and Spartan wives were required to have short hair and sometimes wore men’s clothing.
Amongst married couples, the Spartans were relatively #polyamorous, and women were not punished for infidelity.
The two most common forms of Roman marriages were either one where a woman remained under her father’s control, and the other where the woman was under her husband’s control.
Most first marriages were arranged by the father of the bride and groom. There were also #dowries, that were usually “reclaimable by the wife” (Rawson, 19) in the event of #divorce.
If a woman were widowed, she was expected to not remarry for “ten months” (Rawson, 31), most likely to ensure #paternity if the widow were pregnant.
A Roman man could divorce his wife for a number of reasons, including “adulterous behavior” (Rawson, 33). However, it seems that infidelity on the husband’s part was not grounds for divorce.
Despite these oppressive traditions, it was possible for a Roman woman to have independence from both her father’s and her husband’s control: ius liberorum allowed “freeborn” (Rawson, 19) women to achieve “financial independence by bearing three children” (Rawson, 19).
However these children would be considered the property of their father.
"When my mother arrived from California, I sat there on the starched sheets holding my baby, and my mother held me, and I cried uncontrollably, because I finally understood how much she loved me, and I could hardly stand the grace of it." —Leslie Jamison for The New Yorker
Today is the first day of #NavajoNation Council’s winter session. I was hoping I’d see the recognition of same-sex #marriage bill on the agenda but nope. The sponsor of the bill is resigning from council and will be sworn in tomorrow as #deputysecretary of #indianaffairs for #NewMexico.
So, I’m not sure what will happen to that legislation even though there is a co-sponsor. I’ve been covering this bill.
Tomorrow I celebrate 6 years of being married to my favorite person. We have moved 4 times in those 6 years, added another child to our family, replaced 3 vehicles, survived a pandemic and 3 significant surgeries.
We continue to learn about each other, and I’m so glad that we choose to grow together. #marriage#love#partnership
In vintage ads, marriage is always teetering on the brink of destruction. One wrong choice of sandwich topping might send it over the edge. #vintageAd#heterosexual#marriage