Fairy-tale wedding in the autumn-woods...

photo from the local newspaper mentioned in this posting.

[uppdaterad 25 oktober i slutet]. Apropos a tip *) I got from a friend, I came to think about this article in a local newspaper about "a fairy-tale wedding in the autumn-wood". You never get too old for these things? I got so warm in my heart seeing this, despite the probably chilly autumn-day... :-)

Age, feminism and love...

Click on "nästa bild" ("the next picture") in the article to see three more pictures from this wedding.

*) Feminism And Romance Go Hand In Hand.

ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2007) — Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the US. Their study* also shows that unflattering feminist stereotypes, that tend to stigmatize feminists as unattractive and sexually unappealing, are unsupported.

It is generally perceived that feminism and romance are in direct conflict. Rudman and Phelan’s work challenges this perception. They carried out both a laboratory survey of 242 American undergraduates and an online survey including 289 older adults, more likely to have had longer relationships and greater life experience. They looked at men’s and women’s perception of their own feminism and its link to relationship health, measured by a combination of overall relationship quality, agreement about gender equality, relationship stability and sexual satisfaction.

They found that having a feminist partner was linked to healthier heterosexual relationships for women. Men with feminist partners also reported both more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction. According to these results, feminism does not predict poor romantic relationships, in fact quite the opposite.

The authors also tested the validity of feminist stereotypical beliefs amongst their two samples, based on the hypothesis that if feminist stereotypes are accurate, then feminist women should be more likely to report themselves as being single, lesbian, or sexually unattractive, compared with non-feminist women.

Rudman and Phelan found no support for this hypothesis amongst their study participants. In fact, feminist women were more likely to be in a heterosexual romantic relationship than non-feminist women. The authors conclude that feminist stereotypes appear to be inaccurate, and therefore their unfavorable implications for relationships are also likely to be unfounded."

Kolla också Maryam Yazfanfar i "Becksvart, del två" om “Bevara äktenskapet. Mamma, pappa, barn”. Tänkvärt det hon skrev.:

"...sen då, efter att jag en gång besegrat mörkret möttes jag av detta i tunnelbanan. Vad är det med människor, egentligen? Vi behöver mer kärlek i världen - inte mindre. Vi behöver gå på fler bröllop i livet - inte färre. Låt alla som vill gifta sig. Och låt de som inte vill vara hur vansinnigt jättekära som helst. Inte nog med att det där så kallade upproret skymfar och förolämpar de som råkat bli kära i någon av samma kön, den berättar också att en barnlös familj inte är en familj. Hallå där, era så kallade äktenskapsbevarare - ingen försöker ta ifrån er rätten att vara inskränkta, ni får ju vara er själva. Varför vill ni inte ge alla människor rätten att vara sig själva tillsammans med den eller de man älskar?"

Tillägg 25 oktober: kolla denna artikel!