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ifeminists
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Marriage's shifting status...and gay marriage today Marriage predates the Christian church. The recognition of committed relationships has existed in all cultures, for most of human history.   |
ifeminists
December 23, 2003
Jennifer Roback Morse |
Love and... Marriage and the meaning of sex The meaning of human sexuality is really at the heart of the conflict over the judicial attempt to recreate marriage in its own image. |
Reason
March 2004
Cathy Young |
Opening Marriage Do same-sex unions pave the way for polygamy? |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
Ann Marlowe |
Why do women wed? A new book argues that women put much more work into marriage than men do, and asks why they bother... |
ifeminists
June 10, 2009
Emma Goldman |
On love and marriage A view on love and marriage from 1911 in Anarchism and Other Essays: they have nothing in common; they are as far apart as the poles; are, in fact, antagonistic to each other. |
ifeminists
August 5, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
The Marriage Quagmire The institution of marriage is in jeopardy. But it's the politicians themselves constituting the threat. |
ifeminists
June 29, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
The Gay and Hetero Marriage Quagmire What constitutes a marriage should be determined by contract between the consenting adults involved, not by government. |
Reason
June 2004
Jonathan Rauch |
Objections to These Unions What Friedrich Hayek can teach us about gay marriage. |
Salon.com
June 24, 2002
Heather Havrilesky |
On bended knee Pro-marriage revivalists praise matrimony as the way and the light. But are they bowing to a false god? |
Salon.com
March 19, 2001
Maria Russo |
The marriage hoax Conservative moralists, alarmed by the divorce rate, want us to return to a Golden Age of Marriage. Too bad it never existed. |
ifeminists
June 3, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
End the gay marriage debate! Privatize marriage Almost half of the adults in America are unmarried and single-person households outnumber married families with children. A glut of books and articles is suddenly declaring marriage to be either obsolete or rediscovered. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2000
Laurie Essig |
Same-sex marriage I don't care if it is legal, I still think it's wrong -- and I'm a lesbian. |
Reason
June 2003
Cathy Young |
Gay Rights Go to Court Sodomy laws, same-sex marriage, and the future of homosexual rights |
Salon.com
June 7, 2001
Amy Benfer |
The nuclear family takes a hit Census data deals a blow to an American icon -- and the conservative groups that promote it... |
Reason
March 2004
Epstein et al. |
Coercion vs. Consent A debate on how to think about liberty. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Cathy Young |
Sex and the Census Post-revolution data on toxic bachelors, choice, and children... |
Salon.com
March 22, 2002
David Link |
Same-sex marriage, with a twist The Kansas Supreme Court enforces a ban on gay marriage and clears the way for -- gay marriage... |
Salon.com
January 9, 2003
Sheerly Avni |
Unwedded bliss One of the founders of the Alternatives to Marriage Project talks about the deep-seated American fear that shacking up will lead to the fall of Western civilization. |
Reason
December 2003
Cathy Young |
Divorcees and Social Engineers Most people acknowledge that children are better off when they have fathers and when their fathers are actively involved in their lives. But where do we go from there? Fathers face off against the marriage movement. |
Reason
June 2007
Jesse Walker |
Disney Legalizes Same-Sex Unions The world we live in is increasingly willing to embrace homosexual unions, even if many Americans -- and most states -- haven't gotten there yet. But if Mickey is cool with gay marriage, the rest of the country can't be that far behind. |
Reason
June 2004 |
Letters Opening Marriage... Confessions of a Welfare Queen... Faith, Shame, and Insurgency... etc. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Michelle Conlin |
Unmarried America Say good-bye to the traditional family. Here's how the new demographics will change business and society. |
ifeminists
December 30, 2003
Jennifer Roback Morse |
Fruitful Love Marriage and Infertility I have argued that procreation and spousal unity are the natural, organic purposes of human sexuality. If this is so, what about the infertile couple? |
Reason
September 2005
Julian Sanchez |
All Happy Families From a civil libertarian perspective, it's clear enough why the unequal treatment of gay parents is objectionable: The human desire for family isn't exclusive to heterosexuals, and attempts to prevent gays from raising families both stigmatize them and threaten to deprive them of an important component of a full life. |
Psychology Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Kathleen McGowan |
Typically Twisted Taboo impulses can be titillating... but more often they're a source of concern for those who harbor secret wishes or unusual desires. |
Salon.com
August 15, 2001
Amy Benfer |
I do -- kind of "I won't" feminists go up against "I did, but I have a good excuse" feminists in a holier-than-thou battle over what it means to walk that aisle... |
Psychology Today
May/Jun 2006
Jillian Straus |
Lone Stars: Being Single The hard demographic fact that you will likely spend most of your life on your own is reshaping singlehood into a satisfying destination rather than an anxiety-ridden way station. Welcome to the richly diversified world of today's singles. |
Reason
October 2004 |
Letters Database Nation... Objections to These Unions... |
ifeminists
August 19, 2003
Jennifer Roback Morse |
Parents or Prisons For some people, prisons are a substitute for parents. This apparent overstatement is shorthand for two more precise points. |
Reason
March 2007
Cathy Young |
Enforcing Virtue If libertarians are seen as championing not simply freedom of choice but a rigidly nonjudgmental attitude toward all choices, then many people who might be sympathetic to liberty will be pushed into the arms of the authoritarians. |
ifeminists
March 10, 2004
Todd Andrew Barnett |
To Marry or Not to Marry Should the constitution be amended to protect the country from same sex marriages? |
Salon.com
January 26, 2000
Cathy Young |
Out with the old and out with the new Feminism of every stripe has failed. It's time for a gender equality movement. |
Salon.com
April 19, 2002
Amy Benfer |
What's so bad about good sex? "Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia... |
ifeminists
December 5, 2007
Wendy McElroy |
The Roots of Individualist Feminism in 19th-Century America To order to appreciate modern feminism, one must explore the historical origins of the feminist movement. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Joseph B. Darby III |
A Whole New Ballgame The same-sex marriage ruling in Massachusetts raises many questions for financial planners, but answers few of them. |
ifeminists
August 12, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
The Marriage Strike In examining reasons for the current decline of marriage, one question usually receives short shrift. Why are men reluctant to marry? |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2009
Susan B. Weiner |
Unwed and Planning The number of unmarried couples living together is beginning to surpass the number of married couples. Advisors should start planning for these clients by uncovering exactly what it is they need. |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Gay by Force If there is any room for common ground between the seemingly irreconcilable perspectives of those opposed to homosexuality and those fighting for gay rights, it lies in recognizing the distinction between public and private discrimination. |
ifeminists
August 31, 2005
Carey Roberts |
Marriage Movement at the Crossroads There is one voice that is conspicuously absent in the campaign to save fatherhood -- the Marriage Movement, which, sadly and inexplicably, has largely turned its back on men. |
BusinessWeek
December 3, 2009
Chris Farrell |
Beyond Ozzie and Harriet Clearing some of the financial hurdles facing nontraditional families. |
Psychology Today
Jan/Feb 2006
Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn |
Lust For The Long Haul The road to long-term passion starts with a surprise: intimacy requires soul-searching, not romancing. Love is an existential challenge, and the reward is a sex life that grows richer (and raunchier) with time. |
Salon.com
October 4, 2000
Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
Pluck and circumstance Judith Wallerstein makes a case for marriage, and on rare occasions, a healthy divorce... |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Alexandra Starr |
Commentary: Washington's $1 Billion Lecture To The Poor Why a "pro-marriage" bill isn't likely to help much |
Mother Jones
August 2000
David Goodman |
A More Civil Union Vermont's legal recognition of same-sex couples has brought the latest struggle for gay rights out of the closet -- and onto the stage of national politics. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
Kate O'Sullivan |
Goin' to the Chapel A court decision means employers may be required to provide full spousal benefits to gay couples. |
ifeminists
February 9, 2005
Carey Roberts |
Misandrist Marriage Movement The marriage movement faces many challenges, not the least of which is that many men have come to believe that marriage is a raw deal. And we're not talking about just a few malcontents. |
Salon.com
June 29, 2001
Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
Sexual healing Surgeon General David Satcher issues a clear-eyed report on sex -- and perhaps signs his own political death warrant in the process... |
ifeminists
December 4, 2006
Carey Roberts |
The Silence of the Wedding Bells The family is the very building block of a civilized and prosperous society. But there's one fact that's hard to dispute: our country faces an acute shortage of marriage-minded men. |
Reason
June 2002
Mike Lynch |
Family Matters Welfare reform has liberals and conservatives calling for government action... |
Psychology Today
Jul/Aug 2007
Miller & Kanazawa |
Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature Like it or not, human nature is simply not politically correct. Men like blond bombshells (and women want to look like them)... Humans are naturally polygamous... Most women benefit from polygyny, while most men benefit from monogamy... etc. |
