Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-207) and index.
Contents:
Ugandan adultery has been decriminalized / Malawi's gender activists expose marital rape / Percy Night Tuhaise. Niger's child marriages have dangerous consequences / Sabine Dolan -- Bangladeshi bride's future stunted by acid abuse / Mahbuba Zannat -- Indian woman protests marriage dowries / The Times of India -- Indian men claim misuse of the Dowry Act / Randeep Ramesh -- Filipino mail-order brides are in danger of abusive marriages / Shay Cullen -- German judge cites Koran to justify abuse in Moroccan couple's divorce case / Veit Medick and Anna Reimann -- ARRANGED MARRIAGE, CHILD MARRIAGE, AND POLYGAMY: Marriages arranged by class are antiquated / Christina Patterson -- Some Bangladeshi girls are challenging the tradition of child marriages / Steve Nettleton -- American youth in Utah defend polygamy / Jennifer Dobner -- Australian Bush marriages of children are recognized in the community / Simon Kearney -- Some Chinese parents arrange afterlife marriages / Jim Yardley -- Some Kenyan men hide the existence of multiple wives / Gakiha Weru and Susan Linee -- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Americans debate same-sex marriage / Barbara Kantrowitz et al. -- In the United States, a same-sex marriage ban is overruled / Maura Dolan -- Canadian gay men and women offer different perspectives on same-sex marriage / Sara Wilson -- South Africans debate whether same-sex marriage is African / Kgomotso Nyanto -- Senegal citizens object to same-sex marriage / Hamadou Tidiane Sy -- Aruba refuses to recognize same-sex marriages / The Daily Journal -- MARRIAGE AND MONEY: Many Middle Eastern and North African men cannot afford to marry / Navtej Singh Dhillon -- India's dowry is not a gift / Neha Lalchandani -- Ireland's marriage rates could be impacted by prenuptial agreements / The Sunday Business Post -- Some Pakistani women are sold into marriage / Samar Minallah -- In Japan, a Tokyo businessman revolutionizes weddings / John Dodd -- MARRIAGE AND SEX: Worldwide study shows married couples have more sex than singles / Jennifer Harper -- Irish opinions of sex have liberalized over the past thirty years / Eithne Donnellan -- Japanese sexless marriages are responsible for Japan's population decline / Deborah Cameron -- Ugandan adultery has been decriminalized / Percy Night Tuhaise.
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