Do you ever try to picture your future? Is one of the things you picture getting married and “living happily ever after?” In “What if Marriage Is Bad for Us,” Laurie Essig and Lynn Owens explain that there is data and statistics that prove that marriage makes us rich, wealthy, and is traditional. Marriage should be something we decide to do in our life. We should get married because we want to not to become rich, or to be healthy. Marriage was not made to make us healthy and rich, if it was everyone would be getting married and be healthy. Hardly anyone would get sick, Sickness is not cured by marriage. Marriage is not for everyone. Some people like to be alone, and do not like to depend on anyone. That does not make marriage a privilege to a certain type of person. Marriage comes to those who decide that marriage is what they want. We fail marriage, marriage has not failed us. These are points I will make in my essay.
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They are aiming to convince the young generations, gays and lesbians. They state in their article that, “Marriage promises to save the poor, empower gays, and lesbians, and socialize the young.” (Essig, Owens 3) They want to get their point across to these people. They use statistics to get their point across. For example, they use poor people as an example that they tend not to wed as much as wealthier
They are aiming to convince the young generations, gays and lesbians. They state in their article that, “Marriage promises to save the poor, empower gays, and lesbians, and socialize the young.” (Essig, Owens 3) They want to get their point across to these people. They use statistics to get their point across. For example, they use poor people as an example that they tend not to wed as much as wealthier