Did anyone see the Guardian article by the author of Everyday Sexism?
The article itself was really interesting, but the comments were more so. I can't entirely make up my mind how I feel. Personally I'm against marriage for me (as anyone who has come across me before on here probably well knows ) and agree with some comments such as marriage, with its trappings of romance and its history, have become the only way to guarantee legal rights to inheritance and protection etc. But then again, surely feminism means doing whatever the hell you want, and if you want a big white dress and a church wedding, why not? Surely not being able to do what you want would be anti-feminist?
I also found a lot of the author's comments about the wedding industry - the attitude of bridal shops and the like - very telling, the assumption that it will be a woman's planning, a woman's decision, a woman wanting to look her best and all that.
Marriage is a partnership, pure and simple - but how easy is it really to escape from all the quite inherently sexist history and assumptions involved in a wedding?
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Thurlow · 30/06/2014 11:27
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