Initially they rejected marriage and prayer for the Tsar.

The research shows that far from rejecting traditional marriage, many people down the social scale revere it too highly.

This has led some people to reject open marriage as a legitimate lifestyle option.

"No one is actually rejecting marriage," Izumi says quickly.

But to reject marriage is to show no respect for the girl(s) on his arm, and women in general.

Of course not all educated women in their 20's and 30's are rejecting marriage.

The term free love has been used to describe a social movement that rejects marriage, which is seen as a form of social bondage.

Yet there were religious women who also rejected second marriage.

Because the convent rejects marriage, it threatens larger political contexts.

And you can't reject marriage if it has never been offered to you.