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Unwed mothers

"Unwed mothers are the societal norm, and the law requires fathers to support their children". I see that this is copied directly from the source, but I don't really understand what it means. does it mean that the societal norm is that 1. mothers (and fathers) live together as a family but without marrying, or 2. mothers rarely live together with the father of their child or 3. the meaning is obvious, but my limited grasp of english makes it incomprehensible to me.

any clarification would be much appreciated!/Marxmax (talk) 13:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing

I just quickly read the article, and found it confusing. It begins with a tone suggesting that Seychelles is a panacea for women. Follows is indeed a vague unexplained men/women relationship (as the previous comment mentions, that women generally don't marry but have children, but also that men must legally oblige to support their children; without mention about if those women and men have generally single or multiple partners, if broken families are a societal issue, etc; but it gives a little glimpse about the network of female relatives to care for the children, but some context is missing). It then mentions violence and rape, but in the past tense (possibly meaning that those statistics no longer apply? This isn't clear). It then proceeds to mention what appears to be long prison sentences for men who abuse women (perhaps instated after the previouly mentioned violence issues?), and concludes about loosely enforced laws and rampant prostitution statistics.

It's possible that the confusion stems from a few biased opinions here and there, or that the article is simply too short, assuming a lot of inside knowledge. Some work would be needed to achieve consistency and provide the reader with a reasonable idea of the lifestyle of the Seychelles people. Ultimately, since the article is short, perhaps that the few clear and interesting points could be merged into a larger main article, especially if the situation of women in Seychelles is not particularily notable to deserve its own article (something which I cannot personally evaluate reading the current article); this would be less work than rewriting everything. 76.10.128.192 (talk) 05:03, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]