Bizarre Wedding

I had a feeling that modern weddings come from a bizarre and slightly misogynistic ritual. This would explain why modern men chafe at the thought of serving under the yoke of marriage…The roots of marriage are downright barbaric! Of course it sucks even worse for the women, if you look at the history of marriage, right down to the bride being given away at the altar.

Jenn Thompson writes:

All of our society’s gender issues stem from the fact that fathers once used their daughters as currency to a) pay off a debt to a wealthier land owner, b) symbolize a sacrificial, monetary peace offering to an opposing tribe or c) buy their way into a higher social strata.

Of course, brides to be were not always so willing…or at least the family of the bride-to-be was not always so willing.

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