How Marriage Works

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How Marriage Works

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Apr 16, 2013

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You can tell a lot about a culture through marriage statistics: what age people get married, how many divorce, who is excluded from legal marriage. It forms a picture of how a society interacts with itself. Learn more about marriage in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Apr 16, 2013

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