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Originally Posted by ChristmasNeeve
No I honestly don't
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It is "traditionally" a real thing though, it's where the whole father of the bride "giving his daughter away" phrase comes from... it's all sort of symbolic... the father of the bride walks her down the aisle to the alter where new hubby waits, and then he "hands her over" into the care of the husband.
It *IS* an extremely sexist ideology and I find it odd that it's a tradition that persists (at least the symbolic parts of the wedding itself) but the throwbacks are there.
I personally don't see it as still existing in the west these days, though. Like I said I tend to find that maternal extended family are if anything MORE involved, though obviously this isn't always the case.