It should've always been a thing and in certain places of the world it was. Don't complain about your past cultural norms when I'm advocating for the mere social recognition/public announcement and acceptance of a couple of people of age and reason, which is what I'm talking about here when I say 'marriage'. Women used to be witches to be burned at the stake in the West not too long ago, I'm not at all surprised that women are disregarded and abused still...