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Originally Posted by Free_with_rules
Marriage is a socially sanctioned union, typically of one man and one woman, in this connection called husband and wife. Typically they form a family, socially, through forming a household, which is often subsequently extended biologically, through children. It is found in all societies, but in widely varying forms.
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Well, for almost all history and for almost all societies, girls were largely more like property than people, so they became the means to create economic bonds between men. By providing another man with a virgin, he could gain a favor, property, peace, an alliance. For the most part, it was only for the purpose of establishing the bond between two families or tribes that marriages took place. For a power man, gifting him with multiple virgins was obviously beneficial for all.
For the unimportant, what would be the point of marriage. An unwanted woman, or a woman with no man to benefit from her marriage, why bother with the expense of marriage; simply take the woman without obligation.
Or if an enemy has been routed, rape his girls and women to reinforce his defeat.
So, the bottom line is that marriage had nothing to do with love, family, morality, but it had to do with business and power between men.
So, as you have created a fairytale history for your view of marriage, everyone else should have equal rights to their own fairytales.