Tag Archives: Marriage
Is marriage finally obsolete? Let’s hope so.
Cue the hand-wringing on this one: Just over half of all adult Americans, 51 percent, are currently married, according to an analysis of U.S. census data by the Pew Research Center. The center predicts that, if current trends continue, the share of currently married adults will fall below half within a few years. In 1960, [...]
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Pakistan passes bill to protect women’s rights
Last week, the National Assembly of Pakistan passed a bill which will punish those who force women into marriages or deny them inheritance. Folks who engage in these practices would face both steep fines, up to $12,00 in some cases, as well as potential jail time. Importantly, this bill criminalizes some of the anti-woman practices [...]
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The good wife: Anne Sinclair is leaving DSK
Anne Sinclair, the wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is reportedly leaving him. The final straw for her seems to have been DSK’s alleged involvement in a prostitution network now under criminal investigation. Sinclair, a former top TV current affairs presenter and multi-millionaire heiress to an art empire has been relatively quiet, if implicitly supportive of her [...]
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What China’s new marriage law has to do with American social conservatism
Last month, a new interpretation of Chinese law went into effect that awards ownership of property bought before marriage to the original buyer, rather than to the couple jointly, as the law had previously been. It’s easy to see how this change would mostly affect women, and could threaten the economic security of divorced Chinese [...]
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Court rules Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional