Sociological Perspective On Marriage

How the process and institution of marriage be viewed through the three sociological perspectives
Through the symbolic internationalism perspective the constitution of marriage and the path to such establishment would be examined through a scope with less emotion but more specifically on the factors and the symbolic meaning of these in our everyday understanding. As symbolic internationalism centers its ideal on symbols (what we attach meaning to) and how an individual views the world and communicates it is appropriate the focus such on specific elements of marriage (Henslin 2012). Symbolic internationalist view symbols as an essential part of our social lives, they understand that symbols define our relationships (Henslin2012). Elements that build our social structure would be inapplicable, elements such as respect and obligations. The feelings involved in marriage are substantial enough to convince a couple
A socialist from a structural functionalist perspective would look at the parts of a successful marriage and what each part does to contribute to the function of marriage in a whole. Structural functionalism deconstructs an established part of society and analyzes the value of each part pulled from the deconstructed institution. Socialist within this perspective would also examine the dysfunctional aspects of a marriage such as infidelity, loss in feelings which would be comparable to latent dysfunctions. Latent dysfunctions are the idea that human actions can hurt a systems ability to be successful and consequences are generally unintended (Henslin 2012). The roles of people within the institution are directly related to the structural functionalism perspective. For example the expected role of a husband and that of a wife are vital to understanding the working parts of