People are arguing on Facebook about whether it's sexist for a man to ask his girlfriend's father's permission to marry her.
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Seems clear to me that if it's a ritual they both like, no. If done w/out 1st asking her & father actually has the power to decide that, yes
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Someone is outraged that anyone would even question this & is calling it leftist feminist crap & saying it's unnecessary offence-seeking.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Not being facetious in saying who cares really? I think it a silly tradition (I also think that of Morris dancing), but it’s not my life.
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I am interested in cultural things & their significance. I think this is separate to telling individuals what to do with their life.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Absolutely. You already made my point for me (though after I tweeted you) which is that the concepts and ideas themselves are interesting.
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whereas individual instantiations of them are not particularly anyone’s beeswax or indeed worth caring about.
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