Patriarchy

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    Why are some men still asking their partner’s father for permission to propose?

    Sure, many of us do updated twists on our big day from ditching the conventional white dress to having our mothers lead us down the aisle instead of our fathers, but few can deny that it’s pretty entrenched in outdated ideas. The way that only men are supposed to propose (apart from that one day in a leap year), that ‘obey your husband’ bit in the traditional wedding vows, and the idea of being passed from your father to your husband. One of the trickiest traditions amongst these is the idea t