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Payment of a woman’s marriage contract is collected from inferior-quality land; this is the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Meir says: It can be collected from intermediate-quality land. Rabbi Shimon said: For what reason did the Sages say that a woman’s marriage contract is collected from inferior-quality land? It is because more than a man wants to marry a woman, a woman wants to become married to a man.
Consequently, she will agree to marry even if she knows that she will not be able to collect payment of the marriage contract from superior-quality land.
We explore the nature of this difference in attitudes to marriage, and recent sociological studies that suggest differing structural reasons.