Dennis Prager says it was a given until 20 years ago. He doesn’t understand why married men don’t wear a wedding band.
Prager is a religious Jew. He should know (and does) that religious Jewish men do not wear jewelry, including wedding bands.
I won’t wear one because I’m so religious. Also, I’m not married.
Aside from religious and vocational reasons, Prager’s found the only reason men don’t wear a wedding band is because they’re uncomfortable announcing to the world that they are married.
DP on Aug. 1: "It’s harder to change women’s minds because they believe their instincts are right. Men have less faith in their instincts [and more in their reason]. When you appeal to a man’s reasoning process, you [can] get far."
…What I’m talking about is the assumption that I must be looking for dirt. Now, it is true that I’ve written a few “expose” type of articles, in which I brought other people’s bad behavior to light. When I interview the people who are guilty of bad behavior, they have every reason to be defensive. I may be striving to be fair and balanced, but ultimately, they are in the hot seat.
No, what makes me laugh is when I’m interviewing people for, let’s say, an article for a Jewish newspaper about wedding bands, and they act as if they are George Bush at a press conference about Iraq’s WMD. If they say something off the cuff that is less than nice, they fall all over themselves saying “please don’t print that.”
Really, when I write these little service pieces, my goal is not at all to cause trouble for people. I’m just writing about, say, the pros and cons of different kinds of bands. Nothing terrible. In fact, I enjoy the fact that I’m giving free publicity to the bandmembers I interview.
