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  2. Voluntary childlessness - Wikipedia

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    Voluntary childlessness. Voluntary childlessness or childfreeness[1][2] describes the active choice not to have children. Use of the word "childfree" was first recorded in 1901 [3] and entered common usage among feminists during the 1970s. [4] The suffix - free refers to the freedom and personal choice of those to pick this lifestyle.

  3. Feminism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Feminism is aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women. It has had a massive influence on American politics. [1][2] Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism. [3][4] As of 2023 ...

  4. Marriage age in the United States - Wikipedia

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    18. 19. 21. In the United States, the minimum age at which a person can marry, with or without parental consent or other authorization, is set by each state and territory, either by statute or where the common law applies. The general marriage age (lacking authorization for an exception) is 18 years of age in all states except Nebraska, where ...

  5. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) - Wikipedia

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    France: In France, by executive decision since 2011 [252] and by law since 2013, [253] any married person may officially use their spouse's name as a common name by substituting or compounding it to their own. Before this it was common for married women to use their husband's name in everyday life but this had no legal recognition.

  6. Criticism of marriage - Wikipedia

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    Feminism. Criticisms of marriage are arguments against the practical or moral value of the institution of matrimony or particular forms of matrimony. These have included the effects that marriage has on individual liberty, equality between the sexes, the relation between marriage and violence, philosophical questions about how much control can ...

  7. Feminization of poverty - Wikipedia

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    Feminization of poverty refers to a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap in poverty.This phenomenon largely links to how women and children are disproportionately represented within the lower socioeconomic status community in comparison to men within the same socioeconomic status. [1]

  8. Empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.

  9. Same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 September 2024. Jack Baker and Michael McConnell (r), the first same-sex couple ever legally married in the United States (in 1971), at their Minneapolis home, 1970 Part of the LGBT rights series Legal status of same-sex unions Marriage legal Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada ...