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In Afghanistan nearly all marriages are arranged. They are tied up by the decision of a boy’s or a girl’s family. There is no mentality of love marriage even if one considers to do love marriage, all family members, relatives and even society will disparage them, especially in countrysidefamilies they will take it as a huge sin. Saying that there must be something wrong with the girl; how she can choose her life partner without her parent’s decision, and how she can disrespect her family’s dignity by marrying her own choice person. Eventually, they willseverely punish her andsome may even take it to the death penaltywhich I consider a complete inhumanity. Marriage is a lifetime commitment; two people have to know each other and must …show more content…
As Dr. Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavior Research and Technology in Vista, California supports arranged marriage says,ones parents are essentially the people who choose the best groom or bride who will match your personalities, lifestyles and families. Since they are aware of their children desires; what they like, in which kind of family they would adjust and would be equal in social status which will eventually last for lifetime. (Dr. …show more content…
This is a kind of business, in majority of cases families are looking at their benefits of marrying their daughter with his friend’s son just to extend their business. These marriages are most of the time take place with their first cousins. They believe knowing families before marriages are a kind of satisfaction for both families that their relation will last forever because they will have the support of their elders. And in case if there is any conflict; family will involved on issues and will resolved easily as they would have good knowledge of their relatives. In contrast, if their children get love marriage they will abandoned their families and would rather live alone. But this is not the truth. When individuals are getting love marriage it does not mean that they do not want to live with their families. They want to live with their family but with the life partner that they have
In Afghanistan nearly all marriages are arranged. They are tied up by the decision of a boy’s or a girl’s family. There is no mentality of love marriage even if one considers to do love marriage, all family members, relatives and even society will disparage them, especially in countrysidefamilies they will take it as a huge sin. Saying that there must be something wrong with the girl; how she can choose her life partner without her parent’s decision, and how she can disrespect her family’s dignity by marrying her own choice person. Eventually, they willseverely punish her andsome may even take it to the death penaltywhich I consider a complete inhumanity. Marriage is a lifetime commitment; two people have to know each other and must …show more content…
As Dr. Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavior Research and Technology in Vista, California supports arranged marriage says,ones parents are essentially the people who choose the best groom or bride who will match your personalities, lifestyles and families. Since they are aware of their children desires; what they like, in which kind of family they would adjust and would be equal in social status which will eventually last for lifetime. (Dr. …show more content…
This is a kind of business, in majority of cases families are looking at their benefits of marrying their daughter with his friend’s son just to extend their business. These marriages are most of the time take place with their first cousins. They believe knowing families before marriages are a kind of satisfaction for both families that their relation will last forever because they will have the support of their elders. And in case if there is any conflict; family will involved on issues and will resolved easily as they would have good knowledge of their relatives. In contrast, if their children get love marriage they will abandoned their families and would rather live alone. But this is not the truth. When individuals are getting love marriage it does not mean that they do not want to live with their families. They want to live with their family but with the life partner that they have