[lbo-talk] Zizek nuptuals/age thing

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Sat Apr 2 17:31:37 PST 2005


Hey, in some countries it's normal for old men to marry twelve year olds. NORMAL.

What about 50 year old women marrying 18 year old men? If this isn't normal, why do you think not?

Joanna

Chris Doss wrote:


>Why is this age difference between couples so
>important in the West? Over here, no one gives a
>flying fuck about a 50-year-old man marrying an
>18-year-old woman, for example (beyond thinking that
>he must be a lucky guy.) This Western age fixation is
>weird. I'm 34, and went on a date with a 21-year-old
>woman (Armenian) the other day, for instance, and over
>here it is considered perfectly normal. My cloest
>friend in Russia is married to a woman 20 years
>younger than he is -- here's 42, she's 22. They
>started dating when she was 17. It's NORMAL over here.
>Why are you guys so overworought about Zizek marrying
>a younger woman?
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