Power, Conflict, and Compromise in Marriage
Marriage is challenging, which involves the use of power, conflict, and the ability to compromise. What is marriage? According to Google Dictionary (2018), marriage is “the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship” (p. 1). In this context, the focus is on the two people as partners in a personal relationship. However, the two people, who are in matrimony, were once single, possibly reared in a different cultural background and experiences, and have different mindsets. Therefore, the functionality of marriage is to be able to mend and blend any differences and come to understand one another through love, friendship, trust, nurturance, intimacy, and fidelity. Consequently, the challenge of achieving such in a marriage derives the use of the aforementioned: power, conflict, and compromise.
As part of developing and having a functional marriage, the use of power has the ability to enhance the relationship. According to Lauer and Lauer (2012), power should be used to influence the thought or feeling or actions of someone who would not have done spontaneously. Power should not be used to influence your spouse contrary to his or her inclination, rather to be …show more content…
The nature of the destructiveness and adverse consequences can stem from a number of circumstances. Namely, children can become adversely affected and a marriage can ultimately end in divorce. These circumstances can derive from power struggles in decision-making, ineffective communication, and various sources of tension (social and interpersonal and personal) such as, changes in the national economy (leading to unemployment) and moving to a new home (causing financial distress from an indebted purchase), power and control, nurturance, intimacy and privacy, trust, and differences in style (Lauer & Lauer,
Marriage is challenging, which involves the use of power, conflict, and the ability to compromise. What is marriage? According to Google Dictionary (2018), marriage is “the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship” (p. 1). In this context, the focus is on the two people as partners in a personal relationship. However, the two people, who are in matrimony, were once single, possibly reared in a different cultural background and experiences, and have different mindsets. Therefore, the functionality of marriage is to be able to mend and blend any differences and come to understand one another through love, friendship, trust, nurturance, intimacy, and fidelity. Consequently, the challenge of achieving such in a marriage derives the use of the aforementioned: power, conflict, and compromise.
As part of developing and having a functional marriage, the use of power has the ability to enhance the relationship. According to Lauer and Lauer (2012), power should be used to influence the thought or feeling or actions of someone who would not have done spontaneously. Power should not be used to influence your spouse contrary to his or her inclination, rather to be …show more content…
The nature of the destructiveness and adverse consequences can stem from a number of circumstances. Namely, children can become adversely affected and a marriage can ultimately end in divorce. These circumstances can derive from power struggles in decision-making, ineffective communication, and various sources of tension (social and interpersonal and personal) such as, changes in the national economy (leading to unemployment) and moving to a new home (causing financial distress from an indebted purchase), power and control, nurturance, intimacy and privacy, trust, and differences in style (Lauer & Lauer,