VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1362650571|CONTENT|I&#039;ve seen the arranged marriage culture tear a family apart, sons who married whom they chose ostracised by the father, daughters who didn&#039;t want an arranged marriage all unmarried at 50 out of fear of upsetting their father&#039;s &quot;cultural norms&quot;.

In India, some 15% of marriages are what they describe as &quot;love marriages&quot;, and this proportion is growing. In the UK, we are free to have our parents help in our choice of partner, but nobody ever does. This suggests strongly that the arranged part of things is a removal of freedom in some way.

 [blockquote]More radically still, “You are no longer your own” is another of Paul’s marriage maxims, as shockingly egalitarian as it is demanding and self-sacrificial. The husband’s body belongs to his wife, he has given himself away, as she has too. So submit to the person you love, whether you chose or someone chose for you, and put your partner before yourself in the way you live your whole life.[/blockquote] 

In this line of thinking are the seeds of a defence of marital rape and other forms of marital coercion. The wife&#039;s body BELONGS to her husband, whether she has chosen him or not, is what the middle bit says.|IP-ADDRESS|10.0.119.228, 217.36.222.79, 10.37.62.203|MODERATIONFLAG|