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Found this in my college sociology book (Henslin 2007) (lemmy.world)

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Maybe it's just unfortunate connotation with the phrasing but "these marriages were taken for granted" sounds like the author is saying that people didn't appreciate that they could do that back then.

[-] shani66@lemmy.comfysnug.space 3 points 10 months ago

That really isn't what that phrase means, taken for granted just means people thought it was a normal part of life. It's taken for granted now that we don't have metallic skin and electric eyes, but if we are lucky that won't always be the case.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I beg to differ. This is straight up the second definition on Merriam Webster. It's a poor choice of words if the author didn't want readers to interpret it this way.