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Originally posted by Dequibenzo
Hmm. I see your points, so maybe I need to pick a better term. Pop culture isn't a broad enough cultural description, I agree. Okay, how's this- the modern idea of marriage and all the traditions associated with it is a product of distinctively modern- and by modern I mean the last century or so- society, and, with the gradual secularization of culture en mass, so has gone marriage. Remember- Secular means everything EXCEPT religion, so any meanings that have become affixed to marriage- such as stereotypical roles and modern legal importance- counts.
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Remember that Marriage ceremonies were much more varied in church times. There was bound to be some uniformity when communications improved...
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OH, and a girder belt is a little elastic scrunchy thing a woman wears around one of her upper legs. It serves no purpose as far as I know other than a place for strippers to hold dollar bills and old-west prostitutes to hide knives in cheesy movies, so maybe it is purely American.
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...and people wear these to their weddings?
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Last edited by Danny; 03-30-2002 at 02:08 AM..
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