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September 16th 05, 12:20 AM
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an_old_friend wrote: Michael Coslo wrote: wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Why? The notion of formal marriage is a fairly recent religious invention, perhaps less than 5,000 years old. Many historic civilizations got along just fine without it. as do some modern ones like in Iceland, and other Nordic countries nobody thinks much about young girls having babies before they get married (and not always by the fellow they marry either) If they marry at all, 60% of children in Iceland are born outside of marriage. That does not mean that they are the products of broken homes or broken families (or teenage mothers), what it means is that Icelandic couples tend to do things in the order: meet and then have kids while at the same time finishing their education, buying their first home (and a couple of cars) and then later they probably marry. If they get around to it, I know a few couples that have been together for years (more than 20 in a couple of cases), had a bunch of kids and generally lived their life, without ever marrying. Then there is something else in the culture keeping them together. Do the ladies raise their children without the benefit of a male? not without a male but often without the father of the baby or the presence of a male of the same generation as the father The women often raise the children by themselves or with the help of a male that is not the father of the child but the children are raised by both parents in a majority of cases. |
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