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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
Because you are excluding a LARGE portion of human history and living arrangements.
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Well, you'll never include everybody....
Fair enough. In that 400 years, it has been common for a man to be married and also have a mistress, or to cheat. So much for monogamy.
Again, that wasn't part of the vows though. To have and to hold your wife and that chick on the side. You are again confusing individuals with the institution. Most males provide sperm to make a baby, just because a few of them are impotent or sterile doesn't mean that the male gender isn't the source for sperm.
With all due respect, if you 'lead,' then she must 'follow.' That does not imply an equal relationship.
Only to those with a limited and focused view. "Leader" doesn't always mean dictator.
That 'spiel' is a promise not to leave each other, if you look at it's anatomy. But to answer your question, one would HOPE that this was the couple's intent, but there is was no guarantee of this.
What marriage imples is a very inividual thing, based on your upbringing.
There's not guarantee of anything in life. But absent a shotgun wedding, you would think that a woman wouldn't marry a man that wouldn't respect her. Respect is implied. We aren't talking about individuals. As I have said several times, "individuals" have married for citizenship, prostituition, etc. Can't judge "marriage" by each individual case. That would be like judging "humans" by Amy Winehouse.
The term 'natural childbirth' is a fairly recent one.
There has been great variety in different cultures with the birthing process. There are some that used herbal concoctions to alleviate the pain and there are others that did nothing. The point is that natural childbirth has varied greatly in practice, much like marriage has.
Actually the baby has pretty much come out of the same place throughout history. I doubt any woman has ever dropped a baby out of her mouth. I've given several examples of what I consider it to be, do you have any examples that contradict mine?