1. Introduction Marriage‚ as a fundamental social and cultural institution and as the most common milieu for bearing and rearing children‚ profoundly shapes sexual behaviours and practices. It is undeniable that early marriage is a controversial yet hot topic that gets the attention of the professionals across many fields such as economy‚ psychology and sociology. The age at first marriage variegates across the globe. Being married before the age of 18 has been a social norm in third world
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Two major types of marriage exist in Nigeria: monogamy‚ a marriage of one man to one woman‚ and polygyny‚ a marriage of one man to two or more wives. In most cultural groups in Nigeria‚ traditional marriage is usually an arrangement between two families as opposed to an arrangement between two individuals. Accordingly‚ there is pressure on the bride and bridegroom to make the marriage work as any problem will usually affect both families and strain the otherwise cordial relationship between them
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Premature marriage can be defined as “any marriage carried out below the age of 18 years‚ before the girl is physically‚ physiologically and psychologically ready to shoulder the responsibilities of marriage and childbearing” [1]. Bangladesh has one of the world’s highest rates of early marriage. According to UNICEF figures‚ 66% of Bangladeshi girls are marriage before the age of 18 and approximately a third of women aged 20 to 24 were married by the age of 15 [2]. Root Causes The reasons behind
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the different topics. In my opinion‚ one of the most controversial topics is gay marriage. There are a lot of problems surrounding gay marriage because there are key things that contribute significantly to the pros and cons of gay marriage and how it affects each person in a specific way. I support gay marriage completely and I’m here to explain why. Many people ask questions like‚ why are people opposed to gay marriage? Why discriminate against homosexuals? Why care if two people of the same sex are
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Should Homosexual Marriage Remain Illegal? Austin Vickers Honours 10 English 03/15/2011 AustinVickers 03/20/2011 H10-3 English Persuasive Essay On March 7‚ 2000‚ fifty-two out of fifty-eight counties in California voted to keep homosexual marriage illegal; yet gay-activists continue
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Early Marriage >>Child marriage and child betrothal customs occur in various times and places‚ whereby children are given in matrimony - before marriageable ageas defined by the commentator and often before puberty. Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa‚ Asia‚ Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. It is frequently associated with arranged marriage. In some cases only one marriage-partner is a child‚ usually the female‚ due to importance placed
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Gay marriage has been the topic of discussion in recent years. It has been broadcast on news stations and printed in magazines all across America. Each publication has displayed a different point of view. Although marriage is a fundamental right under the constitution‚ same sex couples don ’t have the ability to marry. Marriage is a private union not a political subject. In my opinion‚ any two people who love each other should be able to get married. Conflict theory helps to explain this problem
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Practices[show] Abuse[show] v t e A dowry is the money‚ goods‚ or estate that a woman brings to a marriage.[1] (A dowry consisting mainly of linen and clothing‚ or the contents of a hope chest is called a trousseau.) Dowry contrasts with bride price‚ which is paid by the groom or his family to the bride ’s parents‚ and with dower‚ which is property given to the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both dowry and bride price. Dowry is an ancient
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Child Marriages: Acceptable or Abusive? Christina Asima had no choice in her marriage at the age of 12‚ now she is raising her cherubic‚ 8 month old‚ son on her own. Christina isn’t alone. All throughout the world child marriages are destroying girl’s lives. Many girls muddle through brutal pregnancies‚ and are often to weak or small to handle them. These pregnancies have become one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Child marriages are destructive and abusive‚ but parents continually sell
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inferior; it sends the message that it is acceptable to discriminate against them. Offering civil unions was not an acceptable alternative to gay marriage because it is a considered choice of language that reflects a demonstrable assigning of same-sex‚ largely homosexual‚ couples to second-class status. There is no difference between same-sex and traditional marriage. I believe that same sex couples and the traditional couples are the same and because of that they should not be discriminated against. Both
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