Arranged Marriage Essay

In this class the discussion has focused around gender, race, sexuality, class, nationality, religion and age. Through multiple articles, documentaries and videos found on the Internet along with the book So Long A Letter and our textbook International Perspectives On Women the class has learned how exactly these characteristics can affect a women throughout the world. One of the concepts the class has focused on so far is the concept of an arranged marriage. Within the first book we had to read, So Long A Letter, a young woman is forced into an arranged marriage and taken out of school due to her mother being very poor and also not wanting to no longer be ranked in such a low class. This book in particular also discussed the idea of females having a “sugar daddy” which is an older man who pays a younger girl to participate in activities and what not with him. Sugar daddies can also lead to arrange marriages, as it did in So Long A Letter. In the first chapter of the textbook the discussions of arrange marriages is also discussed, the chapter highlights the negative outlook on marriage, the increase in domestic violence and the patriarchal lifestyle the women must live under within certain countries. A huge concept that has been discussed in the class is the …show more content…
Women in the U.S. are able to have a say in certain situations, plan out their own lives, get jobs and marry as they please. Women in the U.S. mainly struggle with the issue of patriarchy taking place in the U.S. but they are able to stand up to that situation much easier than other women in other countries. Women are able to link in many ways but with the characteristics of race, gender, nationality, religion etc there will always be struggles women don’t all share or have in common. This class has showed many issues women face along with showing how blessed women in the U.S. are when it comes to their