Is it antifeminist to promote marriage

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HumanWrites · 29/01/2024 11:37

instead of encouraging women to separately set up all the legal protections they believe marriage confers? It could be cheaper and more effective.

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fedupandstuck · 29/01/2024 12:02

There are some aspects to marriage which can't be replicated, such as the inheritance tax nil rate. Obviously that depends on whether you have enough assets for that to be relevant.

If in a partnership, one of you is going to stop work and spend a period of time providing childcare for your shared children, it is usually in that person's advantage to be married as some form of financial protection in case of the relationship ending. Usually, the person who takes on that role is the woman in an opposite sex relationship. Of course, if they have their own independent income or existing assets that will be enough to support them, then it's less important.

aname1234 · 29/01/2024 12:01

Why would it be cheaper? You don't need a wedding ceremony at all to get married/civil partnership.

Theinnocenteyeballsinthesky · 29/01/2024 11:50

marriage is a legal contract. It’s all the nonsense around weddings that is the problem

and from what I see on the relationships board, men who don’t want to enter into the legal contract of marriage “just a piece of paper” are rarely keen on setting up a whole bunch of pieces of paper to confer the legal rights marriage brings

Zonder · 29/01/2024 11:40

Depends on the marriage.

DustyLee123 · 29/01/2024 11:39

Marriage can be a good thing, especially if you’re taking time off to look after kids.
Its getting it right financially, for any eventuality.

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