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Greenhaven Press
Publication Date
c2009
Language
English
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MARRIAGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES: Malawi's gender activists expose marital rape / Hobbs Gama --
Niger's child marriages have dangerous consequences / Sabine Dolan --
Bangladeshi bride's future stunted by acid abuse / Mahbuba Zannat --
Indian woman protests marriage dowries / The Times of India --
Indian men claim misuse of the Dowry Act / Randeep Ramesh --
Filipino mail-order brides are in danger of abusive marriages / Shay Cullen --
German judge cites Koran to justify abuse in Moroccan couple's divorce case / Veit Medick and Anna Reimann --
ARRANGED MARRIAGE, CHILD MARRIAGE, AND POLYGAMY: Marriages arranged by class are antiquated / Christina Patterson --
Some Bangladeshi girls are challenging the tradition of child marriages / Steve Nettleton --
American youth in Utah defend polygamy / Jennifer Dobner --
Australian Bush marriages of children are recognized in the community / Simon Kearney --
Some Chinese parents arrange afterlife marriages / Jim Yardley --
Some Kenyan men hide the existence of multiple wives / Gakiha Weru and Susan Linee --
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Americans debate same-sex marriage / Barbara Kantrowitz et al. --
In the United States, a same-sex marriage ban is overruled / Maura Dolan --
Canadian gay men and women offer different perspectives on same-sex marriage / Sara Wilson --
South Africans debate whether same-sex marriage is African / Kgomotso Nyanto --
Senegal citizens object to same-sex marriage / Hamadou Tidiane Sy --
Aruba refuses to recognize same-sex marriages / The Daily Journal --
MARRIAGE AND MONEY: Many Middle Eastern and North African men cannot afford to marry / Navtej Singh Dhillon --
India's dowry is not a gift / Neha Lalchandani --
Ireland's marriage rates could be impacted by prenuptial agreements / The Sunday Business Post --
Some Pakistani women are sold into marriage / Samar Minallah --
In Japan, a Tokyo businessman revolutionizes weddings / John Dodd --
MARRIAGE AND
SEX: Worldwide study shows married couples have more sex than singles / Jennifer Harper --
Irish opinions of sex have liberalized over the past thirty years / Eithne Donnellan --
Japanese sexless marriages are responsible for Japan's population decline / Deborah Cameron --
Ugandan adultery has been decriminalized / Percy Night Tuhaise.
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9780737741612
9780737741605
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