wife
Let an agent handle the concept of wife in kinship and law in general terms, avoid stereotypes about roles, and route anyone facing domestic abuse to confidential help, without personal legal advice.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle the concept of wife in kinship and law in general terms, avoid stereotypes about roles, and route anyone facing domestic abuse to confidential help, without personal legal advice.
A woman in a marriage or legally recognised partnership, in relation to her spouse; the term applies in both different-sex and same-sex marriages, and legal rights, naming customs and forms of address vary by country and tradition.
What it is for: Describing a family and legal relationship.
It can be explain kinship terms and forms of address; find general information on spousal rights; understand the status of cohabiting partners; find confidential domestic abuse support.
Distinguishing features
Spousal relationship
Legally defined
Customs vary by culture
Applies in same-sex marriages too
What it looks like
A relationship, not an object.
How it is recognised
Marriage or civil partnership status
Titles and forms of address
Cohabiting partners may not have the same legal status
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - institution
is counterpart of - relation
is protected by - law
In practice
Families and kinds
wives in civil marriage
wives in religious marriage
consorts of monarchs
widows (former wives)
cohabiting partners (different legal status)
Standards and regulation
National marriage and family law
CEDAW
Istanbul Convention on violence against women
Failure modes and hazards
Stereotyping roles of wives
Assuming cohabitation equals marriage
Missing signs of domestic abuse
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.wife
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Safety Domestic abuse.
Safety comes first.
Danger
Immediate risk.
Danger
Immediate risk.
- Is someone in immediate danger from a partner? boundary
- Should they call emergency services now? action
Support
Confidential help.
Support
Confidential support.
- Which confidential domestic abuse helplines operate here? provenance
- How can they be contacted safely? action
Law Rights.
Law varies.
Rights
Spousal rights.
Rights
Spousal rights.
- What rights do spouses have here on property, inheritance and support, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user seeking legal advice for their own case? boundary
Cohabitation
Unmarried partners.
Cohabitation
Cohabitation.
- Does this legal system recognise common-law or cohabiting partners as spouses? provenance
- Which rights differ? provenance
Language Terms.
Terms and customs vary.
Address
Forms of address.
Address
Forms of address.
- How are wives addressed or titled in this language or culture? provenance
- Does a wife change her surname here, by law or custom? provenance
Translation
Kinship terms.
Translation
Translation.
- Which word for wife fits the register and region? provenance
- Are there in-law terms to consider? definition
Conduct Neutral handling.
Avoid stereotypes.
Roles
Stereotypes.
Roles
Role stereotypes.
- Does the request assume fixed roles for wives? boundary
- How can the agent answer without stereotypes? action
History
Legal history.
History
Legal history.
- How did the legal status of wives change historically, according to historians? provenance
- Which reforms mattered? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should spouse terms be merged?
- How should legal rights be localised?
- How should royal consorts be linked?