Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cybavax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!reading!cybavax!fderavi From: fderavi@cybavax.UUCP (F. Deravi) Newsgroups: net.nlang.india Subject: Re: Premarital Sex Message-ID: <131@cybavax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 17:53:05 EDT Article-I.D.: cybavax.131 Posted: Tue Jun 25 17:53:05 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 05:59:34 EDT References: <1648@amdahl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: University College Swansea, Wales Lines: 30 Xpath: reading gateway.cs > Wonder how people feel about premarital sex. ... > > -- > > Deepak S. Sabnis ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!dss00 (408) 746-6058 > > (Usual Disclaimer Here) [+ != -] The function of marriage, as I see it, is to provide a structure for the formation of a physio-emotional relationship through the means of a formal contract. Is there a need for a contract? Consider what is at stake -- a PER could potentially lead to new life ( the success rate of contraceptives is less than 100% ). So there needs to be a means of safegaurding the interests of any potential babies, don't you think. And there are other ways in which a contract can help. In the Islamic tradition for example, after separation the woman must wait for 4 months before re-marrying. This is to clarify arrangements for any child that she might be bearing. This may prove to be difficult without a formal contract. And so on ... The problem may be in regarding marriage as more than a social contract. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F. Deravi, | UUCP : {UK}!ukc!reading!cybavax!fderavi | EE, University College, | JANET : fderavi@swxa/000060601800 | Swansea, SA2 8PP, U.K. | phone : +44 792 205678 Ext. 4565 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -