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Re: the origin of marriage
Originally posted by soca junkie
thought this article was interesting..... source:theweekmagazine.com
Still, the notion that the husband “owned” the wife continued to hold sway for centuries. When colonists first came to America—at a time when polygamy was still accepted in most parts of the world—the husband’s dominance was officially recognized under a legal doctrine called “coverture,” under which the new bride’s identity was absorbed into his. The bride gave up her name to symbolize the surrendering of her identity, and the husband suddenly became more important, as the official public representative of two people, not one. The rules were so strict that any American woman who married a foreigner immediately lost her citizenship.
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Great article SJ.
Damn, I knew there was a reason, I resisted changing my name.  |