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@buitengebieden Sweetheart, of course.

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@pipe_molly Molly, Mette from Denmark here - I listen to you on The Archers and was just wondering... was that your voice I heard today introducing a Witness History episode on Patty Hearst??

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@katiephangshow @IAmJamesHong @KatiePhang I teared up over this too! I could relate so much to Hong's talking about what people who aren't here would have thought and felt. I'm Scandinavian and white as can be - but that exact kind of thinking often held me up through tough times in my life. What a beautiful moment.

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@GreenPeaches2 @99reasonstwoluv @Morning_Joe Thank you SO MUCH for linking to this! Is it the one that was on Morning Joe the other day, though? I only heard it, but remember a kid begging 'let me out' and 'I want my mom'.

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@Morning_Joe What's with mentioning the way we run elections in Denmark? We have our results early and they are reliable.

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@newshound2013uk @happyBLGM His mother was Diana.

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@RachaeleLennon @SarahGraham7 @BBCWomansHour @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Can I ask you something about this, Rachael? I'd love to better understand why people may be reticent to let go of traditions after they've realized they are sexist. I'm curious about the power of emotional attachment to traditions that our rational mind might not agree with.

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@SarahGraham7 @BBCWomansHour @RachaeleLennon @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Now THAT makes perfect sense. Rings in and of themselves are lovely symbols of commitment ❤️

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Thank God for all the ways in which same-sex marriages are disrupting society's (broadly subconscious) outdated and often fundamentally sexist expectations around traditions related to weddings!

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds I teach American politics and work as a media analyst. I often use the explosion in the use of proposal diamond rings as a unique example of a way in which our use of American consumer culture is changing our cultural behavior related to deeper-seated societal values.

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds All that said, I have struggled with it myself! However much I dislike the tradition, as a young woman a part of me still very much liked the idea of a diamond ring as a symbol of how much somebody wanted me.

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds The underlying notion that one party has to give something of great financial value to the other to make them consider marriage is abhorrent to me. I can't help but see it as a form of emotional prostitution, however oblivious most couples are to the history behind the tradition.

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds I have met scores of perfectly rational women who view themselves as committed to feminism, yet still cannot let go of the symbolism of a man spending three months' salary to prove he is really serious about asking for someone's hand in marriage.

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Sorry, autocorrect messed with my note. Hope you got the gist.

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@RachaeleLennon @BBCWomansHour @SarahGraham7 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds In Denmark is is not at all common for men to wear engagement rings. It just to be, but the tradition practically died out decades. The diamond ring has taken over for many couples - where a man is expected to give one to a woman when he proposes. A true setback for equality.

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@LABugLady @thegoodgodabove 😂

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@thegoodgodabove Black Salad

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@JoseAbarca0521 @miss85O @brentmaximin @AsteadWesley To be able to crawl out of poverty, you also need to believe it is possible. That goes for even societies like mine where the rate of social mobility is much higher than in the US.