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by oa335 108 days ago
> Confucian marriage 2,000 years ago wasn’t that different from Christian marriage 100 years ago

That’s not a good example. Confucian norms allowed for concubinage and sororate marriages.

> What’s remarkable is how similar marriage norms are among people who had almost no historical contact with each other.

What evidence do you have for this? And why is it important to you at all?