Marriage Vs Cohabitation Research Paper

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Marriage? Love? Happiness? In the past, marriage was viewed as a right of passage, a way to prove that you successfully completed a part of your life, and are ready to start building a new life with a partner. It was more valued and viewed as a sacred bond between two people who love each other. It symbolized love and happiness. In today’s society, marriage is almost meaningless, and most people see it as just an option, and a court approved piece of paper. Things have changed since the 1960’s when marriage was viewed as a primary goal. Now many people choose cohabitation, a career, adventure, sexual escapades with different partners, and many other things, considering marriage as the last thing on their list or not even at all. Marriage rates continue to decrease and more and more people chose the single life or cohabitation. More people in today’s generation are alone, unhappy, and in poverty, whereas if they had a consistent significant other, they would be much more well-off financially, emotionally, and even physically. Women especially suffer the most as they have children and are left …show more content…
Yes, when you 're single you have the freedom to have sex with whomever you may choose and come home at any hour you please at night, although sex isn’t always guaranteed and you put yourself at risk to contracting an STD or other infections, if unprotected. When you are married with your partner or in a serious monogamous relationship, you have a more satisfied and consistent sex life. Another study described by authors Linda W, and Evelyn L., from the
National Institute of Health, showed that, “Cross-tabulations based on data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey show that levels of emotional and physical satisfaction with sex are highest for married people and lowest for non-cohabiting singles, with