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Category Archives: Marriage
Relatively Large Numbers of Single British Women and Men Don’t Want to Get Married
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a survey of British singles by Mintel found that 56 percent of single women and 46 percent of single men describe themselves as “very happy.” Meanwhile, 19 percent of men and 28 percent of … Continue reading
Indiana Court Rules Lesbian Partner Must Pay Child Support
In February, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that a lesbian woman must pay child support for a child conceived by her partner before the two separated. In 1997, the woman adopted her partner’s in 1997 when the two were … Continue reading
Affairs Major Reason for Divorce in UK, Where Women Initiate Almost all Divorces
In January, the BBC reported on a UK survey of divorce lawyers that asked the lawyers to provide statistics on the causes of the divorces they handled. According to the survey, adultery was the number one cause of divorce in … Continue reading
Wage Gap Decreases as Men’s Wages Fall or Hold Steady
The recession that started in 2001 has had one interesting effect on wages — it has resulted in a further closing of the wage gap between men and women as men’s wages held steady or declined over the past few … Continue reading
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Russian E-Mail Order Bride Wins $400,000 Judgement
Earlier this year, I noted ongoing controversy over mail order brides from Eastern Europe, and whether they are victims of domestic violence at higher rates than normal (and, if so, what should be done to minimize the problem). This month, … Continue reading
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British Study: Men Who Never Marry Happiest
In December the University of London released a study of 4,000 Britons that found women who married the first man they had a relationship with were the most emotionally healthy women, while men who had multiple cohabitating relationships without getting … Continue reading
Are Russian Mail-Order Brides Placed at Too High of a Risk?
There’s an interesting article at LegalAffairs.Org about mail-order brides from Eastern Europe. There have been a couple of high profile instances of violence against women who came to the United States as mail-order brides, leading to calls for tighter regulation … Continue reading
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Measuring Parental Preferences for Boys Over Girls
A couple of researchers recently published the results of a look at marriage patterns based on the sex of the children in the marriage and came up with a startling conclusion — the fewer male children, the larger the likelihood … Continue reading
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Should Divorced Parents Be Forced to Pay for Adult Children’s College Expenses?
An Associated Press story about a New Hampshire case illustrates an odd distinction between divorced and married couples — in 17 states, divorced parents can be ordered to pay for the college expenses of their adult children where married parents … Continue reading
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Wambui Otieno Mbugua Sets Kenya Abuzz
Former-Mau Mau activist and politician Wambui Otieno Mbugua certainly knows how to create a controversy. When she made an appearance at a conference dedicated to creating a new constitution for Kenya, tempers flared and the conference had to be recessed … Continue reading