In the essay “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love”, Stephanie Coontz discusses the change marriage has made among the different cultures around the world and how it went from being an act that was necessary to something that was done for personal joy and fulfillment.…
I knew that arranged marriage was prevalent, but not to the extent that the article explains. A particular concept I found interesting was that unarranged marriages created through love, or “love match” have their own name and unique distinction; a very good friend of mine was born in India and frequently expresses the pride he has from his parents being married by love and not by arrangement. This article encouraged me to open my mind and realize how different cultures can be. For example, instead of just expecting food, dress, and language to vary as culture varies, it is important to remind myself that everyday components of the Western culture I know can be very different elsewhere—and that the differences are…
Thesis: This article demonstrates that parent’s role in Chinese marriage customs have stayed the same since time immemorial.…
Psychologists have found differences between western and non-western cultures in relationships. There are voluntary and non-voluntary relationships. Voluntary relationships are most common in western culture as you’d expect; due to urban settings and east geographical & social mobility, so interaction with others occurs on a much greater scale. Leading to a higher degree of choice of partners. In non-western cultures however it is found that there are more non-voluntary relationships. This is due to less cities and less mobility, so less choice of people to interact with. In this setting relationships are usually ties to family or economic resources. In these cases culture seems to have an influence on the relationships formed where they live dictates how many people are available for them to form a relationship with. But tradition may play a bigger role in non-western cultures. Epstein found non-voluntary/arranged marriages seem to work and found low divorce rates, and partners state they have ‘fallen in love’. In addition, people living in non-western cultures still have arranged marriages, so perhaps culture doesn’t have that much of an influence of romantic relationships. Myers et al studied Indian arranged marriages, and no difference was reported in marriage satisfaction when compared to US non-arranged marriages. Gupta and Singh assessed 50 married couples, half arranged marriage and half love marriages. They were assessed on how much they liked or loved each other. They found love is higher in first stage of ‘love marriage’ but this decreases over time, and vice versa. This suggest that relationships based on romantic love aren’t always most fruitful.…
However, its marriage conventions are extremely adaptable, there are some regular customs that Americans more often than not keep up amid doing their wedding services. This paper will inspect three most regular parts of marriage conventions in America and thoroughly analyze them to the marriage customs of different nations. The principal piece of the paper looks at the similitudes and contrasts in the shade of the wedding dress. The following some portion of the paper analyzes the customary ceremonies that set up the lady and lucky man to the wedding. The last a portion of the paper will thoroughly analyze some wedding customs and functions that were brought on by wedding superstitions.…
A. Marriage is a legally recognized and socially approved arrangement between two or more individuals that carries certain rights and obligation and usually involves sexual activities. In the United States, the only legally sanctioned form of marriage is monogamy which is a marriage between two partners usually a man and a woman. Polygamy is the concurrent marriage of a person of one sex with two or more members of the opposite sex. The most prevalent form of polygamy is polygyny the con current marriage of one man with two or more woman. Polygyny has been practiced in a number of societies; including parts of Europe until the Middle Ages more recently Islamic societies in Africa and Asia have been polygynous; however the cost of providing for multiple wives and numerous children makes the practice impossible for all but the wealthiest men. The second type of polygamy is polyandry the concurrent marriage of one woman with two…
Every country and every religion have their own traditions. It is what makes their culture different from each other. The American and Indian cultures have a vast differentiation between them. While the culture of America is a mixture of different cultures, the Indian culture is unique and has its own values. Even though dating and marriage have the same meaning to him and her in every culture, the meaning of their relationships and wedding celebrations to him and her are different.…
In this project, you will perform a literature review to research 'weddings' and how they are performed in different cultures. You will report your findings in APA style.…
Cultures handle courtship and mate selection in many different ways. In the United States, Courtship has always been placed at one end of a continuum, with a permanent partnership (traditionally marriage) as the ultimate goal. The earlier forms of courtship, leading men and women to the altar, understood these deeper truths about human sexuality, marriage, and the higher possibilities for human life. Courtship provided rituals of growing up, for making clear the meaning of one's own human sexual nature, and for entering into the ceremonial and customary world of ritual and sanctification (Kass, 1997). Courtship downplayed the dating game where each breakup left you with verbal and bodily scares taking out of your heart, mind, body and soul. The practices of today's men and women do not accomplish these purposes, and they and their marriages, when they get around to them, are weaker as a result. For instance, the United States tops the chart in terms of divorce rates with an…
Over the ages, the organization of marriage has become a very important part of many cultures around…
In China, different social classes have different fashion trends, with red or yellow being usually reserved for the emperor. Clothing in India greatly varies across different parts of the country. The sari is a popular choice for women, and it can be worn in almost 80 different ways! Moreover, arranged marriages are a tradition in both countries, and are still practiced today with the bride and groom’s parents usually planning the marriage. Evidently, arranged marriages are quite a success. India has a relatively low divorce rate of 1%, while China’s is about 1.4/1000 people. In the case of a divorce in a Chinese society, the divorce must be based on one of 7 reasons. One reason that caught my eye is “She is gossipy (口多言).” It grabbed my attention because it’s completely comical. Some may perceive gossiping to be inimical, but to consider it a legitimate reason for a divorce is ridiculous. Moving on to a lighter topic, both countries celebrate numerous festivals and holidays, such as China’s Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the lunar New Year and is characterized by beautiful lanterns, and the Navratri festival of India in which people venerate the Hindu deity Durga.…
Marriage is an important step in the life of nearly every human on earth. Different cultures have different rituals and beliefs about marriage. Love, economic status, religious beliefs, political views, and social acceptance are just a few reasons individuals marry across differing cultures.…
Through the eyes of a socialist government, the idea of love is merely a distraction from work that can be put towards bettering the country’s economy, while marriage is viewed as a method of repopulating and further continuing a dominant race of a country. Essentially, it is “a form of barter, or a business transaction in which love and marriage can be separated” (Jie 133). Despite this being the standard in the demoralizing Chinese culture, 1 “by insisting on love, [Shanshan] strongly rejects [this ideology]” (Li).…
Marriage is a faithful and loyal event, and it relates to the childbearing and the formation of families. The family is the fundamental unit of a society, and law regulations of families are important to maintain the social order. Both laws of California and China promote of monogamy and free choice, which bring beloved people legal recognition of their commitments. Except for the law regulation of family, different cultures influence marriage processes. The traditional Chinese marriage custom consists of six steps to arrange a marriage, but American marriage custom mainly has two steps including engagements and wedding ceremonies. It is less complicated because both parties’ families seldom involve in the marriage decision, but Chinese families…
Marriage in China has undergone change during country’s reform and opening period. The major change in the twentieth century is characterized by the change from traditional structures for Chinese marriage, such as the arranged marriage, to one where the freedom to choose one’s partner is respected. This evolved from the development of new rights for women. But in recent years, the concept of "leftover women” has been created by the state media and government in order to pressure women into marrying earlier. And it is a common phenomenon in current China family that parents are eager to let their daughters to get married the sooner the better, parents think if woman don’t get married before 25 or 26, their whole life will be unhappiness.…