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Being a woman (media.piefed.world)
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[–] -3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Is that why in the past women would marry men 10-20 years older than them? Theoretically the man would be established in a career and have the financial security, and the woman would have the health and energy for childbearing.

I've heard the argument that it's sexist or predatory or whatever, and often people say that 18-20 is still too young physically and carries risks. But if what you're saying is true, then it contradicts that

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    I’ve heard the argument that it’s sexist or predatory or whatever, and often people say that 18-20 is still too young physically and carries risks. But if what you’re saying is true, then it contradicts that

    It's not true.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    In the past women were forced to marry whoever wanted to claim her, be it an old man of wealth, or whoever her father wanted to "give her away to".

    I had a great uncle from PR who married my great aunt. My aunt died in her late 60's. He, a 70 year old man, remarried right after. He traded a peer of his, his old farm truck to marry his 34 year old mentally challanged daughter. This was in like, 2003. Blew my mind. She was nice, but didnt want to be there.

    Women have faught for our rights. In the days of old, we were sold like livestock to the highest bidder. There wasnt choice.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago

    In some cases I'm sure that's happened and that's terrible, but let's not pretend it was every marriage that ever happened until the twentieth century.

    It was probably more common among upper-class where people married for alliances and influence. And there may have been / still be some cultures where it's more common in general to have arranged marriages, but most of those these days at least require the agreement of both spouses. Not all, unfortunately, but the only way to stop that would literally be to colonize the whole world and enforce our own enlightened morality, and that would be hard to justify.

    Trading a truck for a wife is wild though

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