Dragaera

Love and Marriage

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Tue Mar 29 11:47:39 PST 2005

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:33:42 -0600, David Rodemaker <dar at horusinc.com>  
wrote:

> While there has been nothing suggesting multiple wives/husbands that I  
> can
> recall in the novels, there has at the same time been nothing saying that
> people can't or don't have multiple spouses.

One would think this would be more likely in cases where issue isn't an  
issue.  Dragaeran prostitutes don't get pregnant - especially with  
Easterners as clients.    Look at all the history on Earth where sex and  
marriage have been less integrated issues than they are today.    Marriage  
has been primarily for life partners and heir producing.   Love and  
romance haven't been as important parts, and were often separate.    This  
is especially true in highly structured societies such as feudal ones.

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