83:8.8 The [[ideals]] of marriage have made great [[progress]] in recent times; among some peoples woman enjoys [[practically]] [[equal]] [[rights]] with her consort. In [[concept]], at least, the [[family]] is becoming a loyal [[partnership]] for rearing [[offspring]], accompanied by [[sexual]] [[fidelity]]. But even this newer version of marriage need not presume to swing so far to the extreme as to confer [[mutual]] [[monopoly]] of all [[personality]] and [[individuality]]. Marriage is not just an [[individualistic]] [[ideal]]; it is the evolving [[social]] [[partnership]] of a man and a woman, existing and functioning under the current [[mores]], restricted by the [[taboos]], and enforced by the [[laws]] and regulations of [[society]]. | 83:8.8 The [[ideals]] of marriage have made great [[progress]] in recent times; among some peoples woman enjoys [[practically]] [[equal]] [[rights]] with her consort. In [[concept]], at least, the [[family]] is becoming a loyal [[partnership]] for rearing [[offspring]], accompanied by [[sexual]] [[fidelity]]. But even this newer version of marriage need not presume to swing so far to the extreme as to confer [[mutual]] [[monopoly]] of all [[personality]] and [[individuality]]. Marriage is not just an [[individualistic]] [[ideal]]; it is the evolving [[social]] [[partnership]] of a man and a woman, existing and functioning under the current [[mores]], restricted by the [[taboos]], and enforced by the [[laws]] and regulations of [[society]]. |