Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mormonism And Polygamy, Civil Marriage Act, Tax Deduction

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Marriage and motherhood: granting property rights (the female and also the children), protecting bloodlines for inheritance and the family name. What(cid:495)s wrong with marriage: employers and government restrict many legal benefits as legally married, same sex marriage became a legal right, mandatory and oppressive for women. Feminist critique: card: couples, discrimination, consequences of divorce discourage people to do it when they probably should, monogamy requirement, enlists state support for conditions conductive to murder and violence, objection to the regulation of our intimate unions. Benefits of marriage: employer benefits apply to common law partners not the case for everywhere, spousal tax deduction, pensions transfer to spouses when pensioner dies, special recognition of your partnership, uncontroversial context for having and raising children. If you die without a will even if you(cid:495)re common law it(cid:495)s iffy. Consequences of divorce: costly, dividing property, custody, support payments.