Sydney my aunt and uncle are trying to force my cousin to wear a veil and all the trad wedding stuff they also make Ned Flanders look like a liberal atheist (posted to Once a sexist tradition, always a sexist tradition)
I definitely agree with this article. I think that there needs to be new and improved wedding-type traditions that aren't sexist and patriarchal. One day I may want to get married, and I don't want to wear a white dress (posted to Once a sexist tradition, always a sexist tradition)
...and what if she doesn't want to marry someone, he asks her father, and her father says yes? I'm really thinking that in mainstream american culture, the father's approval does not obligate the woman to agree. I think the potential (posted to Once a sexist tradition, always a sexist tradition)
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