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The term "Boston marriage" came to be used, apparently, after Henry James ' book '' The Bostonians '' detailed a marriage-like relationship between two women — "New Women" in the language of the time, women who were independent, not married, self-supporting (which sometimes meant living off inherited wealth or making a living as writers or other professional, educated careers). The play '' Boston Marriage '' by David Mamet depicts such a marriage as having an explicitly sexual component. EXTERNAL LINKS
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