In the essay “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love”, Stephanie Coontz surveys the history of marriage throughout the world, revealing its historical purposes and the philosophies surrounding it. Coontz gives examples of how once people married for utility, necessity, and social advantages. She explains how over time and through the changing ideas about love and the sexes that people now marry for love, companionship, and personal happiness.…
“People don’t really know how to choose a long time partner” offers Dr. Alvin Cooper, director of San Jose Marital Services and Sexuality Center. So things like arranged marriages and even online dating (sometimes leading to marriage) exist. Yet Razdan says that the very idea of an arranged marriage offended her ideas of both love and liberty. Yet her belief in the Western romantic idea of “happily ever after” where based on love instead of social or economic gain. So are we supposed to make sure that our hearts are filled or our pockets. Dr. Cooper states that the moment we pick a mate we are often blinded by passion and therefore virtually incapable of making a sound decision.…
Young people in modern society have completely different views on marriage. Ones prefer to get married at an early age; others, however, tend to postpone marriage until they finish their studies and make a successful career. Early marriages have lots of advantages, such as experiencing the joy of parenthood and other benefits of the wedlock and becoming mature as early as possible, but also have some negative sides, such as economic restrictions, misunderstanding between partners and inability to get proper education.…
It is natural for everyone to need or have or want a companion to shares their lives with. It is thought normal of young adults to want a spouse and a family of their own. In relationships it is that passion “falling in love” is the dominant aspect of young adults (Berger, 2010, p.412) Intimacy is when two people know each other well enough to share secrets, as well as engage in sexual activity. Commitment is more time consuming and requires work, dedication, shares possessions, in some cases child-rearing responsibilities, and the capacity to forgive. In some international familes arranged marriages commitment is first before intimacy and passion. Domestic violence sometimes occurs but male figures of the bride usually oversees common ground is the husband is too demanding. Arranged marriages hardly ever do divorce, there’s tremendous effort in keeping the family together as well as social and family support is offered.…
Author Stephanie Coontz writes about the ideas of love and marriage through out history in the article “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love.” Early in the article Coontz quotes an early twentieth century author by the name of George Bernard Shaw, who states, “marriage is an institution that brings together two people under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions. They are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.” ( qtd. in Shaw 378) Coontz explains that the ideas of marriage today are, although heart felt, unrealistic and daunting. She reveals that not so long ago the thoughts on love and marriage were very different for many societies and cultures throughout the world.…
Thesis: As the world is becoming more diverse, people have different opinions as to whether to get married or stay single, and contributing to their decision are the amount of money they used, the freedom they get, and the responsibilities they have on their shoulders.…
The concept of marriage between a man and women, by thought, promotes the perception of a solidified place in society. But the idea of marriage may have lost its true meaning long ago. While society dictates that married couples are more successful in life, be it through media, advertisement, or establishments, it fails to show that in this modern day and age, marriage is not as intimate as it once was. One can say marriage is now viewed as a convenience partnership.…
Although the modern social norms of western cultures expect marriage to be based on love and a strong bond between two people, this is not the basis for marriage in all cultures or societies. Although the greater parts of arranged marriages aren’t intended to be forced, the couples are given the chance to oppose their chosen partners if they don’t feel that the marriage would be a success. In other cases, the couples have no choice; it’s a sign of disrespect to refuse.…
In the marriage market, characteristics such as income, education and occupation are key definitive qualities when looking for a perspective life long companion. In addition, the tendency of individuals to marry others with similar traits has important implications for social inequality, income redistribution and education. However, there is still little understanding about what generates this assertive matching. One possibility is that people like to follow horizontal preferences when choosing a spouse to share similar characteristics of their own. This approach is believed to provide the security of longevity in love. However, sometimes people will experience an attraction to someone outside their social class whether it’s above or below but not always follow through due to fear of failure or rejection from family and peers.…
India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world which in turn encompasses a diverse and rich, cultural, historical, religious and social dichotomy. The question I posed for my annotated bibliography was “how is marriage arranged in India”. In order to understand this concept, I must delve deeper into why it is so prevalent and how it has withstood the test of time the. The historical significance of this process is important and I will discuss how it has evolved into modern and present day family life. I ponder how the selection process occurs from one cast to another. I will discuss the traditions and what Indian’s deem as the importance of mate selection when it comes to culture and economics culture, economics. The process of spouse selection is quite unique and one the Western world finds odd but intriguing. What do Indians think of the term “love” in respect of marriage?…
Good evening everybody. I am XXX and today I’m going to deliver you a presentation about age choices for marriage. Early marriage brings numerous problems to couples, especially to women. In this presentation I will further discuss about the harmful effects of early marriage, such as stress, health diseases, and denial of personal development. Hence, people should get married latter in life.…
Marriage means sharing a life together, loving each other and the most important thing that couples should be aware of is the responsibility that comes with it. Early marriages are sometimes forced but young adults who are getting married out of choice should be informed of personal and health issues. Getting married at a young age has negative effects to it, for instance it can cause a quick divorce and that is because the couple might be immature and may have compatibility issues. Some young people think that getting married at a young age can give them more freedom and a better life than before, which is wrong. Because of these reasons parents should advice their sons and daughters not to get married at a young age and must prevent them from doing so because it is going to affect their future. There are several problems a couple can face when marriage happens at an early age. A few of the effects of early marriage are communication problems, may not have the ability to raise a child, financial problems, education problems and not having enough time to communicate with their families and friends.…
At first Nanda was against the whole arranged marriage idea she says “Had anyone tried to arrange my marriage I would have been defiant and rebellious”(pg128) and I don’t blame her for thinking that way because in this American society we’re taught to get to know a person then to “fall In Love” but once she got to India and talk to many young well educated women she figure out why arrange marriage wasn’t that bad one of the girls even said “My marriage is too important to be arranged by such an inexperienced person as myself. In such matter, it is better to have my parents’ guidance.” This made perfect scent, because parents do know best, and only want the best for their child. Most people in the united state rush into things like relationship and marriage. Like the saying goes “whatever you rush into you rush out of” a lot people get a divorce. At the end Nanda says “the positive aspects of arranged marriages appeared to me to outweigh the negative. In fact, I thought I might even participate in arranging a marriage myself” so Nanda’s outlook on marriage became more positive as the essay ended.…
Recent surveys have shown that marriage under the age of eighteen has decreased over the years. This issue has been affected by culture and new ways of thinking in our modern life. Should we influence again our youth to take this important decision while they are still young, or let them develop at their own way? In modern life, marriage under eighteen should not be considered for various reasons.…
Marriage is believed to be one of the most important commitments made in life. It leads to serious changes in social roles and responsibilities, so marrying someone should be a mature and thought-out decision. There are many factors which affect the stability of the union and one of them is considered to be the age of the pair. For instance, young people seem to take marriage too lightly nowadays. Many teenagers get married because they are pregnant or they are eager to start independent life as soon as possible, and that cannot be called a responsible decision. However, early marriages have both advantages and disadvantages.…