A big debate around modern weddings is the question of whether anyone changes their last name after marriage and if so, who should do so and to what. The origins of this tradition lie in the designation of wealth distribution — marriage was the conduit of wealth to spouses and women changed their names as ...
It seems that there is a growing number of educated British Muslim women who are unmarriageable and left to spinsterhood. Educated British Muslim women are being passed over for marriage in favour of women with more traditional values from the family’s home country. Muslim women in the UK whose families hail from the Indian sub-continent ...
Like a song set on repeat, we keep hearing that Brad and Angie are not getting married until everybody else can. Gossip magazines and tabloids: stop suggesting that they’re planning a big fat Brangelina wedding. But I admit, I share their desires for a world where marriage is an equal opportunity institution. Despite its legal, ...
If any word relating to women has been through the blender, housewife is at the top of the list. It has survived a vicious and brutal war where definitions were pitted against each other and finally came to a compromise to ensure the word would live on in perpetuity. Let’s measure up our opponents. Our ...
God’s wife was erased from the Bible, a British theologian has discovered. Back in the day before Muslims and Christians, God was called Yahweh and he was worshiped along with his wife, Asherah. At least according to Francesca Stavrakopoulou, a lecturer at the department of Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter. “After years ...
Want a long, stable marriage? The trick is to marry an optometrist, agree to have two male children and SMILE! Take pains to avoid any kind of personal problem or health issue. And ladies, avoid the military at all costs. Anneli Rufus has compiled a list of scientific studies that predict divorce. It’s a fascinating ...
Staar, aka Leslie Zemeckis, would rather be a mistress than a wife. Is it any surprise then that rumours are swirling that her director husbands wants to quash her book, Staar: How to Live Like a Mistress (and Reap the Rewards!)? Her cabaret show has run for several years now, and she’s famous for the ...
Housewifery is all the rage, as women long for a time where they are lauded for their ability to make a bed. Sandra Tsing Loh says that since we’ve been sharing the load, housework has become “the labor of a mediocre colleague whose performance could be better.” She wants a traditional wife in her home, ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
