August 1, 2008
For Marriage, the Honeymoon's Over
A scholar unveils an institution's troubled history
Till death does the confusion last.
Can anyone, in or out of a marriage, explain what it is? Many think of it as the mystical melting of two people, a man and a woman, into "one flesh." (Try not to visualize Sir Paul and Heather, or Christie and Peter.)
Romantic or ridiculous?
Many also think of it as a contract between the same two kinds of people, in which both retain individual rights and absorb new
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