Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is the most prominent son of Libya’s 40-years-in-charge leader Muammar Gaddafi (spellings change according to the news source). The son is supposedly a “liberal” and “reformist” who is looking to increase his profile so he can become Libya’s leader when his father steps down. One of the steps for which he is [...]
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I’m surprised that the far-right-wing anti-immigration zealots in the United States (led by chairman emeritus Lou Dobbs–who is no longer quite such a zealot now that he is thinking of running for public office) haven’t tried this. In Kashmir, legislators have reintroduced a bill that would deprive Kashmiri women of the right to own and [...]
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This is an issue I hadn’t heard of before. I wonder in how many countries it is a problem. In Indonesia, there are two types of marriages. The first is a marriage that is regulated by the government. The second is an “unofficial” marriage (“nikah siri”) that is regulated by Islamic law. Nikah siri is [...]
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Two ministers in the Church of England “know [that] marriage is not working.” They have a solution. In a sermon and pamphlet, Rev. Angus MacLeay, and his assistant priest, Mark Oden, quote the Bible to let everyone know that the solution is for wives to “submit” to their husbands. The Biblical quote they rely on [...]
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It wasn’t enough for South African President Jacob Zuma to marry yet another woman. He has three current wives, divorced a fourth wife in 1998 and a fifth killed herself in 2000. Zuma is also reportedly preparing for a sixth wedding. Now he has fathered a child out of wedlock with the daughter of a [...]
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The Pew Research Center has a new survey about the changing role of gender in the “economics” of marriage. Pew’s article starts by saying: The institution of marriage has undergone significant changes in recent decades as women have outpaced men in education and earnings growth. These unequal gains have been accompanied by gender role reversals [...]
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I’ll admit it– I love the holiday season. Perhaps it’s simply good childhood memories warming my heart, but this feminist is no Scrooge. One thing about the holidays that I can’t stand, however, is being bombarded by ridiculous, cheesy, materialistic jewelry commercials. Every year, we have to suffer through “Every kiss begins with Kay,” or [...]
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Two days ago I wrote about how NY State had voted down a same-sex marriage bill. After impassioned commentary from some senators, including the widely-circulated Diane Savino speech shown below, the State Senate disappointed millions by voting against civil rights. In the aftermath, I’ve learned disturbing information about one NY Democrat who cast his vote [...]
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I can tell just by seeing the name “The Institute for American Values” that its beliefs are drastically different than mine. But it turns out that it has compiled a “Marriage Index” that has interesting information. The Index combines a number of different statistics (percentage of adults between 20 and 54 who are married, percentage [...]
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When I was doing research for my 2003 article Women’s Rights and the Global Population Crisis about women’s rights and population growth, I learned about the Indian state of Kerala. I wrote that Kerala was generally considered one of the great success stories in population planning, which came about not because of directly targeted programs, [...]
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