Traditional heterosexual marriage imposed an obligation of the wife to be sexually available for her husband and an obligation of the husband to provide material/financial support for the wife.
In music, rhythm is a result of a timed sequence that follows a steady beat. In other common musical terms it is also referred to as ritmo (Italian), rythme (French) and Rhythmus (German). Frequently, the term rhythm is used synonymously or interchangeably with tempo, but their meanings are not exactly the same.
Rhythm in music, dance and language or poetry is essentially the timing of events on a human scale. It can include both sound and silence, but the sounds and silences, dance steps and pauses, or commas and periods all occur on a moving timeline.