new marriage law

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A new political party in Sweden says it will abolish marriage if it gets into power.

The Feminist Initiative, which expects more than 20% of the vote in next year's election, claims marriage "is not about love, but about ownership".

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It seems that they are against anyone telling women what to do. I don't think any of these women are married if they think that married women are being told what to do.

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FI founder Tiina Rosenberg, said: "Instead of marriage we want to promote a co-habitation law that ignores gender and allows more than two people in a partnership."

...unless it's them. Kind of like "we don't want people telling women what they can do unless it's us". At least no male people.

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But she said in allowing relationships to involve more than two people, the FI did not want Sweden to fall back into a "patriarchal structure" with one man having a harem of women.

"A man who lives with eight women in a patriarchal structure, where the man decides and the women obey is not what we are aiming for," said Rosenberg.


(So give up on the two chicks idea guys. )

They are okay with more than two people as long as one of them isn't male.

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And in order to encourage men to vote for them as well, the party's all-female board is also calling for the introduction of a six-hour working day.

Sure, entice the lazy ones. If you're not going to get any, you may as well get off from work early enough to fish a little.

This law is probably a good idea. Any problem that a guy has with one girl, does not just double with two. It seems drama is affected exponentially.

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I don't think any of these women are married if they think that married women are being told what to do.

About 10 seconds after I read this, my husband walked in and told me to get off of this site and start doing my homework.

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This is just bizarre. Sounds like a bunch of broken-hearted bitter feminazis that want to take out there frustrations with love on the whole world. I'd be really shocked if this 20% thing is very accurate though. I have a hard time thinking that 1 in 5 women really feel this way. Unless, Swedish men are just assholes that go back to cavemen days where you drag your woman around by the hair. Then this six hour work day thingee, WTF!! That's got to be a real economic stimulator. Lemme guess they still want the same daily pay for working six hours. Sucks to be a business owner. If I lived over there I'd rather leach off the system like everyone else than try to stimulate the economy by starting a business that the government is just gonna try and hold back. Thank God, I live the US.

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I don't think any of these women are married if they think that married women are being told what to do.

About 10 seconds after I read this, my husband walked in and told me to get off of this site and start doing my homework.

Hah! Apparently, since you are still posting, you don't mind very well.

My advice is to do get off this computer, go into the kitchen and make him a nice sammich - then go do your homework.

If I can give you one piece of invaluable advice, your life will be perfect once you realize that your husband is always right.

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Apparently, since you are still posting, you don't mind very well.

No, I've never been one to mind very well.

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If I can give you one piece of invaluable advice, your life will be perfect once you realize that your husband is always right.

Thanks, Bill - I'll keep that in mind. And I think I'll start doing my homework now. (Wow, I am so obedient today. )

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Ruh-roh! I think I owe a case of beer. Nobody has ever taken my advice before.

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Well, marriage was initially about ownership and property rights rather than love, but in the modern world, this has changed. Personally, I'd like to see an abolishment of the government here (US) attempting to regulate personal relationships. Seems like marriage ought to be a religious thing rather than a civil thing, since hopefully we've moved beyond the time where church and government were one and the same. Personal relationships just shouldn't be the government's business.

That said, the political party referenced in the above post seems to be more than a little over the top. I doubt they'll get anywhere near 20% of the vote, mainly because people tend to be hesitant about changing the status quo, especially if the status quo is working for them personally,

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Well, marriage was initially about ownership and property rights rather than love, but in the modern world, this has changed.

I suspect that your law classes haven't covered divorce law yet. As a victim of the court, I'd say it has a lot to do with property.

Just like any other place, there are fringe political parties have severely slanted agendas. In the US, we have the American Assoc of University Women. Remember "Take your daughters to work day" ?

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LOL. I was referring to the reasons people marry. Today, more people marry because they're in love, or at least think they're in love, rather than for political or financial reasons.

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I personally know 3 guys from India who went the traditional route. (I also know one guy who won't return home for this reason.)

From a guy that I worked with, the definition for arranged marriages in India goes like this.
- Your parents get "resumes" from parents of a similar socio-economic level. Her education, social groups, plans, and a pic.
- Out of 20, they meet some of the girls.
- He selects 3 and meets them.

I have seen guys go back to India for 4 or 5 weeks and return married to a girl that he has known a month.

The process is different and rigidly defined for each caste.

I can't say if that system works any better than letting hormones and romance do the choosing.