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[quote=Anonymous]To the pp who feels that the last 50 years don't count, you are assuming falsely that the model of marriage from 60 years ago (in the western world) matches the model of marriage from 300 years ago or 500 or 2000 years ago. In most of human history, people did not marry for love but for economic reasons. I recall reading that the idea of marrying for love in the 1700s was considered quite scandalous. While I understand the sentiment behind your argument about procreation and marriage, basically this model of marriage you are talking about is a moving target. Our experience of "family" is not static. Scholars who have studied family life and how it has changed understand this. Stephanie Coontz writes about the history of family life. The title of her book, The Way We Never Were, reflects her view that the modern concept of the family has been based on romantic notions about the past that are not accurate. [/quote]
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