It happened again.

[Persnickety Polecat]

(04-23-2012 11:54 AM)Hollandmichigan Wrote:  

(04-23-2012 09:54 AM)Elijah Craig Wrote:  It has driven home to me what the purpose of marriage (and concubinage) is: it gives women some assurance that they'll be taken care of when the natural result of sexual relations occurs.

Ugh, first of all your negative attitude toward sex-workers is mawkish and ignorant. Your thoughts on marriage are also highly sexist and ignorant. Marriage as assurance to women that they'll be "taken care of"?! Did you just crawl out of 1925? many families are made up of single, independent mothers who have no need or desire to get married. Most families are probably made up of parents who both earn a living. Many others are made up of women who are the primary income earners. Educate yourself--it might save you from a lifetime of bachelorhood...and turning down evul sex-workers

Even in 1925, marriage wasn't about "taking care of women."