Claudia Kolker in her book, "The Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America about Health, Happiness, and Hope," tries to explain how South Asians court one another, and she believes that this series of social engagements with the intended partner is not a joke, and establishes that "courtship, is not (fun). ... Claudia Kolker in her book was able to explain the process and success of assisted marriage among the South Asians because her friend Reena opened up to share the marriage procedures according to her culture. ... Every honest man's life is filled wit...

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Muslim men may marry Muslim women or non-Muslim People of the Book' (Jewish or Christian women). ... The husband who divorces his wife must be of mature age and of sound mind; he must exercise his own free will and have two witnesses. ...

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Women started to desire a chance to learn and to grow as normal, sound human beings. ... An author, Friedrich Engels, discussed in a book, The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State about the evolution of marriage over time and how it evolved from generation to generation and how it all led to where marriages were in the 17th-19th centuries, which is important to understand as it helps shed light on the status of women. ...

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