Are unmarried women still treated as outcasts in rural communities?
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Re: Are unmarried women still treated as outcasts in rural communities?
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Why thank you Lois I am left handed and super proud of it.LoisCHenderson wrote: ↑03 Apr 2018, 09:46 Oh dear, my mistake (sincere apologies [and in the meantime have outed myself!]), but that's at least because I've always heard that left-handed people are more creative and intelligent than right-handed people. I think that regarding left-handedness as an aberration is just because unenlightened people tend to be afraid of anything that is different to themselves. I would feel greatly honoured to be left-handed - you should count yourself fortunate!
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Having said that, my take is that as long as the man and woman are committed to the marriage and each other, and are willing to fully take up their role irrespective of other socio-economic factors, then they should not be afraid of joining together in holy matrimony.
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I'm reminded in reading this about the nasty phenomenon of 'mariji-harasumento' (marriage harassment) in Japan, where women are pressurized into marrying before they turn 25, or they are labelled as 'Christmas cake' - i.e. past their sell-by-date, just as actual Christmas cake is considered something no-one wants after December 25. So the problem has applications in cultures beyond rural communities.LoisCHenderson wrote: ↑31 Mar 2018, 23:36 White's recall of "old maids" being treated as social pariahs in the mill town where he grew up made me wonder: are unmarried women still discriminated against in relatively small, agrarian-based communities? If so, how is this reflected in the literature emanating from such areas? Please, where possible, give examples of such. As we on OnlineBookClub come from a vast range of cultures, it would be fascinating to see whether this phenomenon differs from one place to another.
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