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More Australians are cheating on their marriages, with one website making an affair just a click away. So is infidelity old hat? Freelance journalist <b>Anastasia Prikhodko</b> talks to women who cheat.

Cheat sheet: infidelity and the online marketplace for affairs

Nov 13, 2013

Are women delaying marriage for financial or career reasons? Or does walking down the aisle make you less successful in the boardroom? They're two big questions facing women.

Does getting married hurt a woman’s career?

Angela Priestley

May 14, 2013

Divorce rates amongst college-educated urban Americans are the lowest they've been for 30 years, with the concept of divorce reverting to the pre-1970s "failure" mentality, says <b>Pamela Paul</b>.

How divorce stopped being cool

Jun 21, 2011

Amongst all the incriminating WikiLeaks embassy cable news lies a a fascinating tale of a rural Russian wedding, which included a "perpetually tipsy" Olympic wrestler named Vakha and a performance by Benya the Accordion King.

The Dagestan wedding of the year

Nov 29, 2010

If there is a situation worse than being denied the right to marry the person of your choice because you are the same gender, then being forced into marriage against your will would have to be it, writes <b>Shakira Hussein</b>.

How do you fight forced marriages?

Nov 25, 2010

They do things differently in Kyrgyzstan. Like courting, for instance, which is seeing a rise in bride kidnapping. As <b>Iva Skoch</b> writes, what was once seen as a custom, is now being recognised as a destructive crime.

Kidnapping of the bride — courting in Kyrgyzstan

Oct 13, 2010

A review of marriage celebrants has found many reciting the marriage vow incorrectly. The legalities mean this could technically render marriages void, explains <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Jasmin Pfefferkorn</b>.

Could your marriage be annulled?

Crikey Clarifier

Aug 24, 2010

What happened to feminism? We spent years fighting against institutions like marriage, only to turn around and find our daughters donning meringue dresses and wanting dad to give them away, writes an anonymous mother of the bride.

Mother of the bridezilla

May 28, 2010

It's total bull that recent US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan gets referred to by the White House as "unmarried" rather than "single". Why make her sound depressing? asks <b>Maureen Dowd</b>.

Dowd: All the single ladies put your hands up

May 20, 2010

<b>Ann Bauer</b> explains how she and her husband escaped from a religious marriage retreat, full of couples who hated each other and wedding night re-creations.

The cult-like marriage retreat that brought us together

May 14, 2010

Yes, The Pill -- 50 years old this week -- gave women the ability to control their fertility. But by encouraging sex without consequences it has destroyed the institution of marriage, writes "aging sex symbol" <b>Raquel Welch</b>.

Raquel Welch: The Pill is toxic to society

May 12, 2010

Over half of girls in Yemen are married off by their fathers before they're 18, usually to men at least a decade older than them, with girls as young as 10 becoming mothers -- and that's if they're lucky enough to survive the pregnancy.

The child-brides of Yemen

Mar 30, 2010

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