DUMB BIITCHES
Marriages primary purpose was to bind women to men, and thus guarantee that a mans children were truly his biological heirs. Through marriage, a woman became a mans property. In the betrothal ceremony of ancient Greece, a father would hand over his daughter with these words: I pledge my daughter for the purpose of producing legitimate offspring. Among the ancient Hebrews, men were free to take several wives; married Greeks and Romans were free to satisfy their sexual urges with concubines, prostitutes, and even teenage male lovers, while their wives were required to stay home and tend to the household. If wives failed to produce offspring, their husbands could give them back and marry someone else
For much of human history, couples were brought together for practical reasons, not because they fell in love. In time, of course, many marriage partners came to feel deep mutual love and devotion. But the idea of romantic love, as a motivating force for marriage, only goes as far back as the Middle Ages. Naturally, many scholars believe the concept was invented by the French.
a Stanford historian credits the concept of romantic love with giving women greater leverage in what had been a largely pragmatic transaction. Wives no longer existed solely to serve men. The romantic prince, in fact, sought to serve the woman he loved. Still, the notion that the husband owned the wife continued to hold sway for centuries. When colonists first came to Americaat a time when polygamy was still accepted in most parts of the worldthe husbands dominance was officially recognized under a legal doctrine called coverture, under which the new brides identity was absorbed into his. The bride gave up her name to symbolize the surrendering of her identity, and the husband suddenly became more important
Women won the right to vote. When that happened, in 1920, the institution of marriage began a dramatic transformation. Suddenly, each union consisted of two full citizens
OuchFacts, you don’t seem like the marrying type.
I’m sayin. That’s why I never had a gf yet cuz that’s my biggest fear. And I know imma savage so I’d play ball much harderLol I’d fukk someone right in front of them Florida nikkas different
You ain’t ever lied. Gotta imagine the amount of men trapped in a situation like this.married life sounds miserable
a woman trying to control what you do and when you do it with divorce looming over your head
couldn't imagine living like that
seems like it gets worse/more stressful once you have kids