According to Emma Goldman’s opinion, marriage is like a life insurance plan and more into business than love. She believes that in a marriage you give more than you receive and those who get married do not think through the situation, and most likely they will end up getting into a divorce. I totally disagree with her opinion, even though I do not think you have to get married to be happy with someone. Of course, if you are getting married by status or to prove to the society you are doing well, you have high chances of being unhappy in the relationship and get a divorce. Nonetheless, if you are marring the person you love to reach the “last step” before having a whole life together, I do not think this can result in a divorce as much as getting…
Stephanie Coontz’s essay on “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” shows her opinion that the expectations of marriage are unrealistic based on different societies around the world in different time periods. For example in George Bernard Shaw’s theory, he believed that married was “an institution that brings together two people under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive and most transient of passions” (qtd. I’m Coontz 378). In our history all of the world marriage has been said to be a tool of survival. Emotional love played a small part in marriage and was even sometimes discouraged. Even in today’s world love is still no seen as a necessity of marriage.…
In the article” The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love “the author gives a global interpretation of what marrying for love means to different cultures. While Americans strive to focus on the love connection before marriage, the writer of the article Stephanie Coontz points out that other countries practice the total opposite. Although marriage is an institution that brings two people together, Coontz describes this as being “under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive and most transient of passions” and are required to feel excited about each other every day for the rest of their lives until death do them apart.…
In “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love,” Stephanie Coontz goes on to explain that marriages are more complicated now because they’re based on “true love” rather than just a simple partnership without feelings as they once were. She proves this point with many historical examples such as the culture behind Hindu marriages where love is not a factor in the decision to marry. However, unlike some of the other cultures Hindu traditions actually appreciate the growth of love as long as it is after a couple is married. I find this interesting because as an American it shocks me that people can commit to spend the rest of their lives with each other without any romantic feelings for one another. However, I think there is a certain beauty in the…
However, in many case whenever a love play important role, marriages fall apart. In modern society couples have found a new fashion of getting divorce. Looking at today’s US divorce percentage it is hard to belief that love and marriage goes hand on hand. It used to be true in earlier days that marriages are unsuccessful without love, and love is unsuccessful without marriages (Franklin 1743). Yet, many divorced couple still believes in love whether they remarry, continue dating or remain single.…
Marriage is a form of relationship between people who share rights and obligations to each other after promising to be companions for a lifetime. It is the physical, mental and spiritual unison of two souls. We have a need to reach out to other people and form a close bond with them.…
Divorce rates are lower in arranged marriages as compared to romantic love. This could be due to the idea that it is frowned upon by the families of either spouse due to the dishonor that is said to occur from a divorce, or the idea that after marriage, both people have learned to love one another or cope with each other. For example, romantic love is not always successful because the attraction or awe that once existed in the marriage is no longer there, which leads to unhappiness. “What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility” (Leo Nikolaevich). Nikolaevich states that despite the differences that can result from an arranged marriage, there is still a chance to have a happy marriage as long as both spouses are able to focus on how to cope with each other and their differences. Instead of complaining about differences, look at what they have in common and what helps them get along with one another, and give time to learn to love each other or give each other mutual respect. Furthermore, given that not all marriages by choice end up successful, not all arranged marriages end up miserable and unsuccessful.…
On the other hand Love marriages are considered more of as western influence so they say. Although, the concept is now acceptable in the modern societal set ups in Middle eastern and India it is still not embraced heartedly in rural parts of the country. Love marriage is more acceptable and comprehensible to the modern generation. It helps the duo to know each other well even if it has to be hidden from their parents at times, before taking the crucial decision of life. But independence covets highest degree of responsibility also. Love marriages grants the opportunity to choose the partner but the responsibility of choosing the right person is also laid on…
“The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” is written by Stephanie Coontz. She talks about how marrying for love is not as common as everyone thinks. She shows the facts about how love is only a bonus to getting married. This article makes everyone that reads it appreciate how lucky they are to actually love their partners. The thesis of this piece of work is that everyone should enjoy what they have in life, because love is such a special gift that we all take for granted.…
Marriage is a sacred vow that symbolizes love that a couple has for each other. In America all types of marriages have a high divorce rate. After a while I have observed the similarities, and differences of couple’s relationships throughout many types of marriages. I have also witnessed first hand the negative effects of marriage through my parents, and the environment that I live in. Marriage is an important life decision that should be carefully planned in order to avoid an emotionally painful experience of choosing a wrong partner.…
Marriage is a promise between a man and woman, to love and cherish each other, till death do them part; for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer. Yet how can one make those promises if they do not love. Marrying for logic does not entail being able to make those life commitments. Marrying for logic poses many problems within the marriage. For example is someone is unsatisfied in the marriage, it is so easy to go and cheat on their spouse, because there is no true love there anyway. The marriage is built on the basis of…
Marriage makes an incomplete human being into a complete one. It makes him or her a grown up and gives him or her responsibilities wheter those responsibilities are to feed and cloth the wife or to assist the husband. Marriage is supposed to take a person out of the hectic lifestyle that one is in and place him or her in an organised environment giving them a path to follow in life and a shoulder to lean on. In Islam a man cannot have relationships unless it is within marriage. In other words, Islam gives the right to a woman to be a wife of a man independence of the marriage relationship the man may have with another woman.…
What 's the main reason people get married? The answer is Love. Who’s to judge someone based on whom they love? No one has the right to do so.…
Marriage is an important institution of society, whether in the past or today. It is a ‘contract’ between two people to live their lives together as well as share weal and woe. Such relationships can be likened to the characteristics of glue. It keeps families together and builds societies. Thus, if people get married without the commitment of living together permanently, the marriage will be a mockery.…
I have experienced it in my family that why love marriage is better? My parents did an arrange marriage and when they met first time my mom asked my dad that would you like to go out of country in future? He replied negatively but, after some year he got a chance to go USA with his family by the blood relation visa. So, he got excited and his dream was just to visit this developed, clean country and to make more money. Because of his dream I and my sister left our half study in my country, and we sacrificed our two years of study. I was in love with a guy…