"First, the human species divides into males and females who are at once mutually attracted and sufficiently different to be mutually antagonistic, but whose cooperation is necessary to the perpetuation of the human race. Marriage binds them together into what Willa Cather brilliantly called a state of mortal enmity as well as into the bonds of sacramental love. Second, and more importantly, from the perspective of civilization and the species, marriage proposes a reconciliation of the most fund...

Fox-Genovese is one of the prime anti-feminist voices today. She blames feminism and same sex marriage for consorting together to destroy marriage and civilization. In the process, she does so by over-simplifying feminism, which has many complex strands and varying opinions, she ignores the history of marriage, bases her conclusions on a particular form of religious dogma at the expense of science, and uses fear tactics to demonize homosexuals. This is not a reasoned discussion.

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How has marriage changed over the centuries? What is it's basis and focus?I think I should read it again and take notes. It was a short read, but I don't think I understood it well. I think I need to read some histories of marriage and private life to acquire more context for understanding her discussion. She often mentions things in passing like the damage slavery had for the institution of marriage in African American culture or the practice of wife selling in parts of England that sound intri...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...

Anti-feminist. Anti-woman. Anti-gay. Anti-individualist. Pro-marriage, since it is, Fox-Genovese claims, "bridging the differences between the sexes, uniting man and woman in ‘one flesh’ … it unites and transcends their individual purposes and desires, which henceforth are to be fulfilled in, through, and in concert with the other". This of course is fine - when that is the case, when marraige is a concert, and not a disastrous noise!!! This book is full of conclusions that are not proven in any...