Can the tradition of arranged marriages survive through the 21st century? The article “Love and Arranged Marriage in India Today: Negotiating Adulthood” by Nancy S. Netting discusses the current state of arranged marriage in an increasingly westernized society. The author uses two sociological theories to address this topic, Modernization theory and Neo-traditionalism. The article produces valid points to prove the estimates of both theories . The modern view on arranged marriage is that…
marry couple. Keep in mind that marriage does not only affect two people. The knowledge of one’s background is essential for a lasting marriage. This is where arranged marriage comes in. Arranged marriage is a tradition that families follow for decades and in modern society it holds a bad image because it “forces” two complete strangers to share the rest of their lives together. However, most arranged marriages are far from that, instead it is more like an “arranged introduction”. Families and…
Arranged Marriage in West Africa General Purpose: To provide information to my audience. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the marriage of the African culture. Central idea: Two people being forced to get married. Significantly different ages or marriages were money are involved. Main point: Poverty and regions beliefs make family to rush their kids into marriage. Effect early marriages have on young girls education. Early marriages expose young girls to health risks. Early…
Arranged Versus Love Marriage My friend Maria was a brilliant first year college student who had a GPA of 3.80 before she got married. She had a plan to have at least her master’s degree and if possible, get her PhD degree before she got married. However, Maria could not reach her dreams because of her parent`s old tradition of an arranged marriage. In her case, she ended up being a housewife with three children and a very abusive and manipulative husband. Maria`s husband, Samson, was fifteen…
around marriage are outdated and have many grey areas. Not only are these laws outdated, but certain sections of legislation contradict each other making the laws extremely unclear and open to interpretation; a perfect example is the legislation surrounding arranged marriage in Australia, or more the lack of legislation around this topic. Currently there is no legislation specifically for arranged marriages. The only legislation remotely regarding arranges marriage is the elements of marriage…
marrying each other, they have never seen each other in person. Now that is not always the case. Arranged marriage is progressing into something more, it is giving people a choice. There is no right way to find love, just as long as you find it. It doesn’t matter if it’s arranged or if you found them yourself. Americans perceive arranged marriage as this terrible thing. In the U.S. arranged marriage is generally seen as parents fixing up their children for their own benefit. We see it as a…
take in extended family, acknowledgement of relatives by marriage is rare. Because of this unfamiliarity with their genealogical ancestors, latter generations of cousins might marry despite the fact that incestuous marriage is taboo. In an old tradition of the Kanina, the husband-to-be would give a gift to the father of the bride. However, the opinion varies greatly. Some men do not give gifts, and in that case the father does…
Gavin Healey Writing 101 December 15th 2016 Arranged marriages in Indian society Arranged marriages are a huge part of Indian societies, and many other societies and cultures. In Indian it is believed that arranged marriages are the most effective, if not, the only way a man and a woman should marry each other. They are right to believe in them because it works for the most part. The divorce rate is much lower in arranged marriages, rather than marriages built by “love” which commonly occurs in…
don’t say no because they know that’s how this works. This is an example of arranged marriage, but what is arranged marriage really? How is it different from love marriage? Arranged marriage is exactly what it sounds like and has existed everywhere in this world for many years,…
her to a man named Count Paris. At first, Juliet objects, but she eventually consents to the arranged marriage, although it’s only so that she can carry out her plan of meeting Romeo and living ‘happily ever after’ with him. This, however, is not how the story is destined to end. According to many who have read the book, Juliet’s and Romeo’s fates would have been quite different if the arranged marriage was never to take place. So, the question is, how different? To answer that,…