The Ladies Privilege Research Paper

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The Ladies Choice When verbalized by a man, the words “will you marry me?” signals a tradition that is accepted by all and ages old. Having this same saying spoken by a women however, is still exceptionally rare. Women should take charge of their decisions and ask first rather than the man. It is good to break tradition and be different. Who knows, maybe the marriage will be better in the long run. As stated by the New York Times, women are only allowed to pop the question once every four years according to an old Irish tradition. “The Ladies Privilege,” as it was known back then was first thought of in the fifteenth century by an Irish nun named St. Brigid. By her actions she decided that on February twenty-ninth a women should be able …show more content…
In the cartoon Sadie was so ugly that she couldn’t land herself a man. Having all the bachelors in town, Sadie chased after them. When a man was caught he would be legally bound to marry her. Now every year for forty years this holiday has been happening.
To the right is a graph by Chillisauce News of North America and Canada. It represents when and who is proposing to who. As you can see men propose a lot more than women. The time that men propose most is on Christmas Eve and the time that women propose is on Valentine’s Day, but men propose more than women. There is no reason this should happen. Women can have authority and have dominance over men. Again, here is a graph by Chillisauce News saying what people say of women proposing. Sixty five percent say that men should propose and thirty five percent say that women propose
Olivia Danz explains, “A woman should be allowed to propose because it lets her express her love for her significant other.” She also says, “In a lesbian relationship tho girl pops the question no matter what.” Which is true, but the girl should feel okay to propose even though it is not totally accepted by society. No matter if you are gay or

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