Weekly Column: WRighteous – #ThanksGivingLove
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Because they saw beauty in you before you ever did.
Weekly Column: WRighteous – LOVE
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And then, when all seemed quiet and safe, he ripped and yanked the tape off her mouth with his teeth and he kissed her – long and hard and caught her tears.
Child Marriage
Nepal’s Child ‘Love Marriages’ Need Regulation Too
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Nepal’s government has pledged to end all child marriage by 2030. This should also apply to marriages being chosen by pre-teens and teens, since the consequences of child marriage affect girls whether they choose marriage or are forced into it.
LGBT
Irish Lesbian Recounts Paralyzing Fear of Coming Out to Her Mother
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In “A Day in May,” journalist Charlie Bird interviews those impacted by legalizing same-sex marriage in Ireland. Here, Rebecca Murphy recounts her experience of coming out.
Child Marriage
Child Marriage is in the U.S. and We Are Fighting It State-by-State
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The first legislative victory just came in Virginia and three other states have introduced bills. Children who can’t legally vote, buy cigarettes, drink alcohol and, in some instances, get a tattoo, are entering marriage contracts. It must stop.
India
It took a bride shortage for some northern India communities to realize the value of girls
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In India, there are towns and villages with a drastically higher number of men compared to women. The northern state of Haryana has the worst gender ratio in the country: 879 women for every 1000 men.
Divorce
Hidden Divorce Penalty Is Older Age Poverty
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Divorced women who deferred their education to put husbands through school or moved multiple times to enable their husbands to move up the career ladder are at special risk. So are those who gave up jobs to raise children.
Gay Marriage
Is Same-Sex Marriage Right for an Outlaw Like Me?
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After Massachusetts approved such unions in 2004, Catherine Reid wondered about where marriage would lead. “There is no model for how two women go through this process,” she says in this excerpt from “Falling Into Place,” “just steps such as proving that neither one of us has syphilis.”
Arts & Culture
Marriage Remains Popular Choice, Though Unknown Why
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Women continue to choose to get married, despite feminism and our economic freedom, says Debora L. Spar in this excerpt from “Wonder Women: Sex, Power and the Quest for Perfection.” Better health and wealth appear to be two benefits from this union.
Dating
Religious Double Standards Leave Many Muslims Single
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Sex segregation can also make it hard for Muslim youth to get to know each other, leading to higher interfaith marriages, says a marriage counselor in this excerpt from Naomi Schaefer Riley’s “‘Til Faith Do Us Part.”