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> We expect men to pay for dates. We expect men to be the primary breadwinner in a marriage. Marriage is the only contract that can be annulled if it's not cons
by brnt 5y ago
> We expect men to pay for dates. We expect men to be the primary breadwinner in a marriage. Marriage is the only contract that can be annulled if it's not consummated with an act of sex.
I know nobody outside of 19th century books and Americans online argue these points. I'm not trying to be facetious: do people currently alive actually think these things?
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI sincerely believe it isn't dead yet, though some progress has been made. People no longer default to assuming that women should be full-time wives and moms. Women in the US no longer need their husband's permission to seek employment. Etc. But the general pattern still shapes a great many social phenomenon and I think it is a serious ongoing problem, yes. Annulment isn't a "thought." It's a legal reality. You don't typically seal contracts with "and then we have sex and the contract is null and void if that doesn't happen at least once."
- brnt 5y agoIn my jurisdiction annulment is certainly not a legal reality. Canon law has not been of any legal importance since the separation of church and state. I do see now that some countries achieved the latter by importing some church laws into their legal system, so I suppose that's how in some western countries annulment is indeed still a reality. Amazing!