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I’m also not sure if it’s what OP is looking for, but I also think Fall of Civilisations is not quite as dry as other history podcasts.

He does a great job of painting a picture through the narration, making you imagine what it would be like to have lived in those times. And he sometimes does add his personal takes (always clearly pointed out as personal takes).

It might still be too narrative for OP, but it might also be colourful enough.

Ich wollte vorschlagen, dass nirgends Bezug darauf genommen werden darf, was ersetzt wird. Wie bei Hafermilchdrink. Also kein plant based chicken mehr oder so. Aber deine Idee ist besser.

In addition to what others here have already said: Sometimes what they gain is a feeling of power and/or control.

This can play a role in the vicious cycle of abuse. People feel powerless because they are abused. To regain power they abuse others. Then they are the ones in control of the situation.

“per Post erhältlich” ist auch ziemlich irreführend. Man muss trotzdem persönlich hin zum Beantragen. Lediglich das Abholen spart man sich. Außer man ist dann nicht zuhause, wenn er geliefert wird, dann muss man ihn stattdessen in der Postfiliale abholen. Für mich wäre da der Weg sogar weiter. Aber immerhin geringfügig bessere Öffnungszeiten.

Dass sich die meisten Männer sowas nicht vorstellen können, merkt man immer wieder an den Kommentaren hier oder auf Reddit zu solchen Themen. Da werden meistens “Lösungen” gefunden und Ideen abgetan, ohne dass Frauen mitreden. Hier im Thread scheinen zum Beispiel die meisten nur an den gruseligen Typen nachts alleine im Zug zu denken.

Nervt mich ehrlich gesagt ein bisschen. Ich spreche natürlich niemandem ab, sich eine eigene Meinung zu bilden. Aber wartet wenigstens damit ab, bis Betroffene geäußert haben, wie sie die Situation erleben.

Aber ist so eine Separation nicht auch ein bisschen Ausgrenzung?

Ist das Ausgrenzung? Schon irgendwie. Wäre es mir lieber, wenn sowas nicht nötig wäre? Auf jeden Fall! Will ich gleichzeitig einfach nur meinem Alltag nachgehen, ohne begrapscht oder belästigt zu werden? Auch ja.

Für manche Situationen (nachts zum Beispiel) bestimmt. Aber eine sehr häufige Form der Belästigung beim Bahnfahren passiert, wenn die Züge sehr voll sind. Dann nutzen manche Männer die Gelegenheit und grapschen einem “aus Versehen” an den Hintern oder in den Schritt oder drücken ihren Penis gegen einen. Weiß nicht genau, was Sicherheitspersonal da machen soll.

They’re not in this sociocultural-religious equation as they’re not locals.

Yes, they are. The system you described above, of women being provided for and not having to work, only works if you are rich and have poorer people you can exploit to do the childcare and housework for you.

And how could this not be frowned upon by cultures such as Swedish where women and men are regarded as equals?

Edit: It’s not about polygamy per se but about the women’s role this kind of polygamous marriage. I don’t know your family and it might work for everyone involved but that’s where her connection’s worry comes from.

Okay, my bad. But the fact that she had to have it explicitly written in her marriage contract means that it’s not the legal standard and doesn’t apply to every other woman in Quatar. And it still only works because she doesn’t marry anyone else.

To add to this: If both men and women are allowed to have multiple spouses (which is the only fair way to do it), how do you deal with situations where a husband has multiple wives who has multiple husbands who also have multiple spouses? This sounds like a nightmare from a legal perspective.

I’m not saying I’m against polyamory, do whatever you want, as long as everybody involved is fine with it. It could work legally, if you could get married as a group of n people but then not marry other people individually. But that’s not how polygamy works in Quatar or worked for Mormons. There the husband marries several wives individually and the wives have no say in it.

Wie viel könnten wir erst rausholen, wenn wir alle Feiertage streichen? Und die Wochenenden? Und 8h frei zum Schlafen reichen doch eigentlich, also 16h-Arbeitstag. *reibt die Hände in neoliberal"

Sextidi. It’s what the sixth day was called in the French Revolutionary Calendar’s ten-day week. But to follow the example of the Roman Gregorian calendar month-naming scheme, it will of course be the eighth day of the week. Also it contains the word “sex” which I expect will lead to both a lot of snickering teenagers and a lot of accidentally censored weekdays.

Pretty similar to you. I don’t really remember specifically learning about it, it was just another topic I gradually learned things about. I vaguely remember having a book designed for children explaining the basic concepts and I probably asked my parents stuff and they answered. Then later we had sex ed in school several times.

Knowing my mom, she probably talked to me as a teenager and asked if there was something I wanted to ask. But I don’t really remember, so I guess it wasn’t especially awkward, just a normal conversation.

Here’s my two cents: I used to be incredibly shy, introverted and socially anxious in school. Then I went to university, grew more confident, made new friends and really blossomed. I personally don’t think I would have done that if I had someone who did everything for me.

Be there for him, support him, give him advice if he wants it, but don’t deprive him of this opportunity of learning how to handle himself.

I’m not USian and to me it sounds absolutely unreasonable. As in who would even think of gifting someone they at most barely know more than the flowers and chocolate for their birthday. As an average college student you wouldn’t even be expected to gift 100$ (or € in my case, but they’re close enough) at a wedding where I live.

But I guess the culture about gift giving is very different here, so I guess I should leave it to people from the US.

Die ist mit Christian mitgemeint. Immer dieses woke Gendern…

It’s a relief to read that, I was having a severe culture shock there for a moment.

Does this egg-washing thing Americans do mean you have to keep them refrigerated even if they are hard-boiled? Because where I live you can keep hard-boiled eggs for days or even weeks even at room temperature. I never heard of anyone just throwing away the eggs they hide for kids. You hide them, the kids find them, you put them in the fridge, you eat them.

Wait, do people just throw away the eggs?