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Because she's a feminist who hates the way that human biology corrals the extreme majority of people into a tiny handful of behavioral niches.

Goes back to at least Courtly Love, 11th century. Just that the trend has its peaks and valleys, and that social flaw gets weeded out through natural selection. Hard to pass on a cultural trait when you leave no legacy and have no children to teach.

So, exactly like regular marriage in practice then. I completely agree. From the article Fucking Sweden man. Molest a twelve year old and get a punishment so minor he'll almost certainly do it again.

Depends. I've seen it used to solve a number of social ills. In some cases, I've seen teens be paired off as a means of preventing promiscuity. In others, it's used for if a son of daughter seems incapable of finding a spouse on their own. People focus a lot on the family aspect of it, and...

Actually, from what I've heard, that is a large part of the problem. A lot of statutory cases are brought to court because the parents don't like the boyfriend. It would be one thing if society still expected the behavior of children to reflect upon their family implicitely (shame/honor type...