In part, surely, it's because power is always more rigidly patrolled than powerlessness: When money and status are at stake, lines around who may access and transmit them {white men} and who is barred from them {women and people of color}, remain firm. Marriage, historically, has been one of the best ways for men to assert, reproduce, and pass on their power, to retain their control.
( Rebecca Traister )
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