September 8, 2011
The feudal system should remain as dead as the dinosaurs, but in China it’s coming back with a vengeance. To curb a steadily increasing divorce rate and stop women from marrying for money, the Chinese Supreme Court has recently stipulated that “property bought before marriage, either outright or on mortgage, reverted to the buyer on ...
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August 31, 2010
Money, romance, independence, and the rights of women are central to this Victorian-style novel, The Second Mrs. Darcy. It catches the reader’s attention immediately by proclaiming to a newly widowed young woman that “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a ...
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July 1, 2010
Her whole life has been leading to this moment, when her man gets down on his knee, proffers a ring, and asks her to be his. While Kate Middleton waits to become the most high profile wife in the land we are reminded why it was so important the women before us demanded the rights ...
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