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VeblenAndEngagementRings 9 - 01 Apr 2008 - Main.WhytneBrooks
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Concerning our discussion of engagement rings: if an engagement ring is used by a man to vicariously demonstrate his wealth through his soon-to-be wife, does the same idea apply to the quality of a woman’s wedding band? If so, isn't it redundant for the man wear a wedding band as well? Or instead, is the quality of wedding bands, compared to an engagement ring, a conspicuous demonstration of wealth of the _Italic text_couple (and if so, why do they tend to be more modest than engagement rings?)?
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 Mina raises an interesting point. If the wedding band serves to show that he has a wife whom he can shower with expensive gifts, then how do men show that they have mistresses whom they can also shower with expensive gifts? The prostitution ring Spitzer patronized used a one to five star rating system, one being the least attractive to five being the most. Since men obviously cannot use deeply rooted institutions such as the wedding band to show that he has a wife he can adorn, I wonder if men have a way of saying "I have a five star mistress"? [Sorry - perhaps this question is a better fit for a different topic/discussion? Please feel free to move this to a different discussion.]

-- ChristinaYoun - 01 Apr 2008

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I'm wondering if the husband's wedding band is really a signal that he has a wife for which he buys expensive gifts, or rather if it simply is a symbol that he is "manly" enough to provide for a FAMILY (especially back in the time when it was expected that every married couple would have several children). I'm not sure that male wedding band= showering wife with expensive gifts. If it does, my mother will be sorely disappointed to learn this...

-- WhytneBrooks - 01 Apr 2008

 
 
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