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   From: ham789@netzero.net   
      
   On 5/15/2017 1:25 PM, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   > Women Who Married Themselves Talk About How It Feels   
   >   
   >   
   > Last year VICE reported on the trend of "Sologamy," the practice of   
   > marrying yourself as a way of boosting or affirming your self-esteem.   
   > Reports were coming in of women from California to the UK, mostly in   
   > their thirties, taking the next step with themselves, saying, "Alright,   
   > I'll take your outmoded tradition, your patriarchal road to ruin, and   
   > I'll make it about myself in every single way."   
   >   
   > Sologamy isn't recognized in the US or Europe. However, while it   
      
   might not be a legally binding union, it is part of a growing   
      
   self-empowerment movement. The benefits are plentiful—no pressure   
      
   to change your perfectly decent surname, no doing sex with the same   
      
   body again and again,   
      
   Sounds like the very definition of doing sex with the same body   
   again and again.   
      
   no resentment over a lopsided chore schedule.   
      
   Ditto, you get to do ALL the chores.   
      
   It's all about real self-love. So you can see why people are into it.   
   No, I can't.   
      
   > https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/life-after-marrying-yourself   
   >   
      
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