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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Insisting that it's no-one else's business. Tried pointing out that in this case it's not her business either, yet she still has an opinion.
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I get frustrated when people get outraged by people discussing things that they feel is none of their business.
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Especially when they themselves are discussing it and making an opposing argument.
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I feel like other people's marriages are none of my business whilst ideas around marriage itself are something everyone can discuss.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Other people's marriages create the culture that my marriage has to exist in.
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Not on an individual level which is what I am talking about,
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