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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/real-cut-diamond-rings/"></div><p dir="ltr">Prince Harry and Meghan Markle <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/prince-harry-meghan-markle-marry-couple-announce-engagement/" onclick="__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/prince-harry-meghan-markle-marry-couple-announce-engagement/', 'are engaged');">are engaged</a>, and blog posts and tweets are doing the virtual equivalent of gathering around the newly engaged couple to get a glimpse of — what else? — the ring.</p>
<p dir="ltr">At the admitted risk of sharing a highly unpopular opinion and the backlash that’s sure to follow, it&#8217;s time to rethink our attachment to engagement rings, this last bastion of dowry and bridewealth culture in the west, especially when presented by a man as a token to a woman. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/real-cut-diamond-rings/#more-5884" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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The Real Cut of Diamond Rings

Amy Guth is a journalist, radio host, and filmmaker who focuses on gender, culture and technology.