I suspect that they were going to just call it "an exciting story for boys" but someone called them out on it, so they tacked the end part to try and boost up feminist cred. (posted to "It's For Boys, But Girls Can Enjoy It Too, I Guess.")
How has Carole King not been mentioned? Also, you should check out Smoosh. It's a band made up of two sisters Asya (now age 15, piano, guitar, vocals) and Chloe (13, drums). They write their own music, and have opened (posted to Wanted: Woman Rockers)
That is the Icelandic tradition, except they only use the matrilineal names in special circumstances; usually it's just FatherFirstName-son for both boys and girls. It does lead to a lot of people with the same name, meaning phonebooks have additional (posted to Last Names)
They did a movie of this story starring Kristen Stewart (yep, the same one as Twilight). It was really well done and Stewart was praised for her significant non-verbal acting skills. (posted to SPEAK)
I think we are looking at two separate issues here: forced marriage and coercion and polygamy. The former is a very bad, and the second I am a less certain on. In this case, the family should be prosecuted for (posted to Polygamy Charges Tossed Out)
Not all governments do. Even in America, parents can still force a 16 year old to marry someone older if the state law permits it. I've gone to school with multiple teenagers where this has happened and they were stuck (posted to Polygamy Charges Tossed Out)
Well, there must be a law that says the teenager has to nominally consent. I can't see any marriage being literally forced by the state-- with a police officer there telling a 16 year old that sorry, its not her (posted to Polygamy Charges Tossed Out)
You're right...nothing's to stop it. What you've described is exactly what some of those religious sects do who sequester themselves out in the desert. And they do milk the system because each additional woman with kids can qualify for state (posted to Polygamy Charges Tossed Out)
Yeah, if there are other abuses like child abuses, then there's stuff to bust them on it. But when you say "nobody's the wiser" that they're all in a relationship together, it makes it sound like if the state did (posted to Polygamy Charges Tossed Out)
The "nobody is the wiser" part was about fraudulently receiving state money, when in fact you are essentially cohabiting with and getting support from the baby daddy. ;) As for the rest of the question, my impression is that the (posted to Polygamy Charges Tossed Out)
