--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> wrote: > > You are still hung up on marriage aren't you John. > > That you place so much importance in an institution that was > created to make women a possession like property
That's one way to look at it. Another way is that it was created as a means to get the man to provide for the children he fathered. Basically, marriage had advantages for both the man and the woman; it wasn't all one way. And obviously it was highly advantageous for the offspring. Now that we have effective contraception, and now that women can be providers as well, the importance of marriage for the welfare of children is breaking down. But still, some kind of formal, socially recognized commitment between parents does facilitate nurturing and raising children.
