"A History of the Wife" (documentary)

Family Guy; DocSpot; Crass/Eve Libertine "Berketex Bride/Bribe"; Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Crystal Quintero, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

"Our Wedding"

 

Even I think you're a creep, Ted. Cheat on me.

[IRONIC] LYRICS: All I am I give to you. You honor me, I'll obey you. Rich or poor or come what may, we'll forsake all other love, just we two, one flesh, lifelong.

In the eyes of God, I am yours to have and hold. I'm giving you my love. Never look at anyone, anyone but me! Never look at anyone; I must be all you see!

Listen to those wedding bells. Say goodbye to other girls. I'll never be untrue, my love. Don't be untrue to me. Don't be untrue to me. Don't be untrue to me.

WHEN WOMEN RULED ENGLAND: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (circa 870-June 12, 918) ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. Æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the Viking invasions of England. By 878 most of England was under Danish Viking rule, East Anglia and Northumbria having been conquered and Mercia partitioned between the English and the Vikings... More

 

"Berketex Bride/Bribe"

Can I also be on Page 3?

[MOCKING] LYRICS: The object unsoiled is packed ready and waiting, for the moment of truth in this spiritual mating. The object unsoiled is packed ready and waiting, to be owned, to be cherished, to be fudged for the naming. The public are shocked by the state of society, but as for you, you're a breath of purity.

Well don't give me your morals; they're filth in my eyes; you can pack them away with the rest of your lies. Your painted mask of ugly perfection, the ring on your finger, the sign of protection, is the rape on Page 3 [bare breasts in Britain], it's the soldier's obsession, how well you've been taught to support your oppression:  One God. One church. One husband. One wife.

I wonder what the history of cheating is.

Sordid sequences in a brilliant life supports and props and punctuation to our flowing realities and realizations, we're talking with words that have been used before to describe us as goddesses, mother, and whores, to describe us as women, describe us as men, to set out the rules of this ludicrous game, and it's played very carefully, a delicate balance, a masculine/feminine perfect alliance.

Does the winner take all? What "love" in your grasping? What vision is left, and is anyone asking? What vision is left, and is anyone asking? She's a Berketex bride... Bribe... Bride...

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A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda; Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

WIFE: Princess Yasodhara (Bimba Devi)

From time immemorial, humans have been preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness in life, from the cradle to the grave.

One works and struggles very hard to attain happiness, very often without knowing exactly what "happiness" means because of our ignorance of the true nature of life.

Although all religions provide advice and guidelines for their adherents to practice in order to attain happiness in life, more often than not, these guidelines are ignored owing to human craving, aversion, and illusion (greed, hatred, and delusion).
 

Prince Siddhartha leaves the palace

Many people who experience frustration and suffering hope pray to find happiness for the present life and the hereafter. Others, though enjoying a large measure of happiness on earth, are still discontented and crave for "eternal bliss" in one heaven or another after leaving this world.

For the ordinary human, as for the child, it is difficult to make a distinction between happiness and pleasure. To us, that which gives pleasure give happiness, and to be happy is to experience pleasure. More

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Nature of Love and Pleasure
• 3. The Reality of Married Life
• 4. The Buddhist Concept of Marriage
• 5. The Religious Dilemma
• 6. Security, Respect and Responsibilities
• 7. Polygamy or Monogamy
• 8. New Technology
• 9. Morality
• 10. The East and the West
• 11. Celibacy
• 12. Summary
• Appendix I: The Affectionate Mother
• Appendix II: Moral Code

Lesbianism vs. $65 million dowry?

Lesbian heiress Gigi Chao is on "loving terms" with father despite $65 million dowry offer

(fanpop.com)

   

Gigi has a flood of offers (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

HONG KONG (AP) - The daughter of a flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon -- who has offered $65 million to any man who can woo her away from her lesbian partner -- said she's not upset with her father.

  

But it's unlikely she will be accepting any of the marriage proposals flooding in.
  

I'm not a feminist, but... (inourwordsblog.com)

 

Tycoon Cecil Chao made world headlines this week when he offered the unusual marriage bounty after learning that his daughter, Gigi Chao, had eloped with her lesbian partner to France.

  

"I'm actually on very, very loving terms with my father. We speak on a daily basis. He just has a very interesting way of expressing his fatherly love," the 33-year-old told The Associated Press.

  
CNBC's Robert Frank has all the details on the story about Gigi Chao's father who is offering $65 million to any man able to marry her.
  

She said her father offered the reward because he was upset after learning she had "a church blessing in Paris" with her girlfriend of the past several years. 

"What this whole episode really highlights is that perhaps still, the Chinese -- or in fact the Hong Kong mentality -- can perhaps tolerate the 'don't ask, don't tell' view of sexuality," she said. "But as a social statement, it's still very much a sensitive issue."

Hong Kong decriminalized homosexuality in 1991 without yet legally recognizing same-sex marriage. More + Video

Comedy fodder

Ashley Wells and Seven, Wisdom Quarterly (COMMENTARY)

This story will never die because it is being immortalized by Sacha Baron Cohen ("Borat," "Bruno," "Ali G"). He plans to make his next movie, which may be a comedy for a change, imagining how this dowry offer could turn out.

  

To give men a fighting chance, professional pickup artists are coming to the rescue: What can ordinary men learn from them? (And what can women learn from the lengths men have to go to to find their ideal dating/predation style?) Effeminate Southern California Public Radio (SCPR.org) personality Larry Mantle gets to the bottom of the matter: The Game: Penetrating the Society of Pickup Artists. 

  

Many men might be interested anyway, but when $65 million is hanging in the balance, there are some who would learn Chinese, move to Hong Kong, and hang around the worlds of HK high finance and Parisian fashion... all just to score. Good luck, players, but consider that Gigi might be happy now and ask yourself, Would you make her any happier?

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India's Unwanted Girls...

India's unwanted girls
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