Feb 23, 2007 20:32
Hmm. If there's a certain action that's considered wrong because it's demeaning to women, but a woman chooses to do it because she wants to, should she be censured? Is she giving into the patriarchy or bucking it?
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Is this you and what is it? *asks nosily* :D
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after recovering and following the link to read the news story - no harm, no foul. Here in the USA we have our own 'caste' system prejudices based on skin color or socioeconomic background and I don't like the caste system in India any better. That said, she's not "marrying" the tree as in it's her one-true-love but as a way of making her upcoming marriage more palatable in the Hindu culture so I have no problem with it.
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because of the troublesome mars sign
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(Um, full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/01/wpartners101.xml)
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