In Geoffrey Chaucer’s story, The Wife of Bath, a knight from King Arthur 's court rapes beautiful young women. The king declares that he should be killed but the queen gives him a second chance to save his life. She presents the knight with a challenge, he has a year to find out what women want most. He searches everywhere but cannot find the answer until he meets an old lady. She helps him in his quest in return for a reward. They go to the court and he tells the queen that women want dominance over their husbands. His life is spared, but the old lady demands that he marry her. He refuses because of her ugliness. So she proposed a question, “would you rather marry me and ugly old hag who will stay faithful to you for the rest of your life
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Another type of marriage that is also untraditional is arranged marriage. Arranged marriages take place in South Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and many other places. This should not be confused with Forced marriages. In Arranged marriage while the family or friends decide the meeting of the spouses, the spouses agree on their own free will to marry each other. While in Forced marriage the family or friends still decide the meeting of the spouses however, the spouses have no consent whatsoever. These types of marriages were common throughout the 18th century through the first half of the 20th century. These marriages were also called “Picture-Bride marriages” among the Japanese American immigrants because the Bride and Groom only knew each other through the exchange of pictures until their wedding day. These marriages where arranged by family, friends, or relatives from their country of origin. As immigrants settled in into a new culture, arranged marriages shifted first to quasi-arranged marriages where family and friends got introduced and the couples met each other before their wedding day. Over time marriage shifted to Autonomous marriage where the couples had free will to decide who they wanted to marry. In The Wife of Baths tale the knight was in a forced marriage. Even though his friends and family didn’t decide whom he was going to marry he didn’t have any consent. If he didn’t marry the old lady he would have been killed, so marrying her was his only
Another type of marriage that is also untraditional is arranged marriage. Arranged marriages take place in South Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and many other places. This should not be confused with Forced marriages. In Arranged marriage while the family or friends decide the meeting of the spouses, the spouses agree on their own free will to marry each other. While in Forced marriage the family or friends still decide the meeting of the spouses however, the spouses have no consent whatsoever. These types of marriages were common throughout the 18th century through the first half of the 20th century. These marriages were also called “Picture-Bride marriages” among the Japanese American immigrants because the Bride and Groom only knew each other through the exchange of pictures until their wedding day. These marriages where arranged by family, friends, or relatives from their country of origin. As immigrants settled in into a new culture, arranged marriages shifted first to quasi-arranged marriages where family and friends got introduced and the couples met each other before their wedding day. Over time marriage shifted to Autonomous marriage where the couples had free will to decide who they wanted to marry. In The Wife of Baths tale the knight was in a forced marriage. Even though his friends and family didn’t decide whom he was going to marry he didn’t have any consent. If he didn’t marry the old lady he would have been killed, so marrying her was his only