Could marriage actually be termed “an incorporated business license for sex”?
Posted on Jan 28, 2012 with Comments 7
Marriage IS a corporate union of two bodies, is it not? And it requires a license with the state, with risk evaluations and implied co-signers, not? And you are required to obtain certificates for children as proof of ownership.
Bonus question: Therefore, is marriage really structured as more of an economic concept rather than a love concept?
@J Not apathetic, just disgruntled. A person’s enjoyment of marriage, or their ability to overlook the negative experiences of others, is based on what they already have, plus what they are guaranteed to earn for labor, or to gain free of charge, in the future. But we don’t say it that way, because we always try to *make* it look like it *should be* for love regardless of outcome. Divorcees have it worse than the unmarried, because of the permanence principle.
@Ellis Dee What I mean is that you have to buy the license even if sex is not intended, because you assume the state’s risk, in case your child ever becomes dependent on state services(welfare, disability, employment help). It’s like the financial responsibility card your car insurance company gives you, even though you don’t intend to crash into someone else’s car. The chance is a liability.
Jennifer Higa
Filed Under: Gender & Women's Studies
i am a huge believer that marriage is a form of forced legal prostitution.
its been happening for centuries.
the term “wifely duties” didn’t come from nothing.
on your first question. no. its not. you can have sex without getting married.
I think you mean’t license that I own you.
2nd question: no. if you see it that way, your view is of marriage is like a business.
depends on how people views marriage. family does that as a pact. like when merging businesses or whatsoever self interest they have.
bonus question.
should be both. Still, what marriages should be striving for is a LONG TERM TILL-DEATH-DO-AS PART HAPPINESS for both individuals involve. (happiness regardless of love, money, careers)
and most of those who succeed to attain that are those who don’t fall out of love. cause for them, and I truly believe, Love will bring happiness.
only apathetic person sees it as business profit.
if YA were awarding 10 points for best question, yours deserve it! Great Q.
You need the license and forms because you’re not related to them. When you sign those forms you are making a legal bond for assets and decisions should the other not be able to consent. You don’t need that with children because you have a birth certificate or adoption papers.
BQ: No, you are just giving your s/o legal rights to you and your stuff, which is why same sex couples are fighting so hard for it.
Yes – although I’d like to think that my marriage was based on love.
On the other hand, I do think marriage was designed to primarily protect the children born to that sexual union.
No. A business license implies you are ‘holding yourself out’ to the *public*, to provide a product or service to anyone who shows up and is willing to pay you.
If it’s for sex, that’s called prostitution.
A marriage is the opposite of prostitution; you are forevermore restricted (supposedly) from providing the service to anyone but your marriage partner, and it is (or shouldn’t be) in exchange for money. I suppose you could call a marriage license an agreement *not* to go into business (with the public).
If it isn’t for love, few men would do it. It’s much cheaper to rent, and you get a professional.
Marriage is NOT a liscense for sex. Everbody knows that sex ends after marriage eventually. Technically marriage is just a relationship with a piece of paper to prove it. Thats why i will never get married. The sex stops and she gets half my stuff when we break up. Not gonna happen. I’ll share with my mate but if we break up all my stuff is coming with me.