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In <621jm4$6gf@nnrp1.farm.idt.net> "John Dyson" <jrdyson@pipeline.com>
writes: 
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>Carol Ann Hemingway wrote in message
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>>In <620v2h$ojc@nnrp1.farm.idt.net> "John Dyson"
<jrdyson@pipeline.com>
>>writes:
>>>Hmmm...I dunno.  I'm not 'sold' on this whole 'counceling' thing. 
It
>>seems odd that life went on, mostly happily, for thousands of years
>>without professional 'councelors' to tell everybody what they're
>>feeling.  I'm not>so sure that I put much stock into that notion.
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>> Whatever makes you think those couples were HAPPY?   >
>Women were unable to divorce in marriages where they couldn't  find
work outside the home.  Our divorce rate isn't just  because divorce is
easy, but because women are able to >
>make       choices other than marriage.
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>Carol...there you go again with this "women were subjected to male
rule">again.  I don't buy that.  I will never believe that a woman was
'forced'>into marriage because there was no other choice.  There's
always an>alternative to NOT getting married--it's called "NOT getting
married."  If>they were not sure about the marriage, then they
shouldn't have gotten>married.  Don't try to label such females as
'victims'--if they were unsure>about it, then they shouldn't have done
it.  I would have to say that they>would have brought that upon
theirselves.  And, they shouldn't have brought>down a man with
them--they should have allowed him to continue on and find a
>woman that was sure about what she wanted.


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            If a woman can not inherit from her father; if she has
            no ability to earn a living because women don't work
            outside the home, what other alternative does she have
            but to marry?  If you were in that position, would you
            think more about love, or more about finding a man
            who could provide for you?  Trying to pretend that
            historically, women had the same choices men
            had is ridiculous.  

                Lefty
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