Cultural Diversity : The And Words Of A ! Kung Woman And Saheri From Saheri 's Choice

Marriage practices vary across cultures. Every culture has its own way of conducting marriage according to their traditions and customs. Most cultures share common customs and practices, while some cultures have unique practices. Marriage refers to a social union agreed upon by the couples to unit as spouses. The union of couples implies sexual relations, permanence in union, and procreation. This research paper focuses on comparing marriage practices in American and Indian culture. There is significant difference between the two cultures in marriage practices.

Arranged Marriages have been around since time can remember. An arranged marriage is a marital union between a man and a woman who were selected to be wedded together by a third party. Historically, arrange marriages were the main way to marry. In certain parts of the world, it is still the primary approach. There are two types of arrange marriages. The first is a traditional marriage where the children can, with strong objections, refuse to marry their soon to be spouse. In a forced marriage, the children have no say in the matter. Bread Givers shows an excellent representation of the pressures on children from their parents to be married against their will.

In North America, we often think of the ideal partner, a soulmate, and true love. People choose their spouse based on shared interests, physical attraction, personality, beliefs, and passion. Once a person has chosen their wife or husband, that individuals hopes that it will all work out, based on the sole assumption of love. In contrast, arranged marriages are based on enduring factors of compatibility, such as family morals, religion, and values. It comes to no surprise that arranged marriages have a drastically smaller

This essay will discuss the issue of arranged marriages. According to Webster, an arranged marriage is “a marriage planned and agreed to by the families or guardians of the bride and groom, who have little or no say in the matter themselves.” I will be discussing this according to the following ethical theories: Utilitarianism, Rights Theory, and W.D. Ross’ Theory. Under these theories I will discuss whether or not they would view arranged marriages as ethical or unethical and under what circumstances one would find an arranged marriage ethical or unethical.

An Indian woman described it as “Here, we get married without having feelings for the person. We base our marriage on commitment, not on feelings. As our marriage progresses, the feelings develop. In America, you base your decision to marry on feelings, but what happens when the feelings wane? You have nothing left to keep the marriage together if you get married according to feelings and then the feelings go away.”( http://www.indiamarks.com/the-culture-arranged-marriages-india/#) One might say that having the parents choose your partner might lead to a happier and healthier

school, career? Not that often, so how about letting someone choose your husband or wife? That is how arranged marriages work, someone else choses your spouse for you. We are now living in a generation where we are highly influenced by what we see in the media. Cultures that practice arranged marriage are now shifting toward the Western norms of marriage. Many people are not familiar with arranged marriages and come to judge to quickly without having any knowledge on the topic. Arranged marriage is a marriage that is organized by two families for the marriage of their son or daughter, it is an old tradition that has many flaws and errors due to todays standards (Medora, Larson, Hortacsu & Dave). Several people look past these flaws and continue to practice this repetitive area of life. Arranged marriages tend to have tradition and cultural issues behind them, these marriages also fall inline with Marx’ theory of social class. Lastly, arranged marriages are not the same as they once were due to the rapid growth in technology and changes in social norms.

Arranged marriage is a very dangerous idea which happens in some villages and cities. In some small villages around the Suilmany, some girls were teenagers, and they did not want to marry with a man whom she did not love. In 1988 in Sulimany, a girl married with a man, and she did not like him. The girl killed herself because of marriage. Additionally, it had a bad effect for her family. Arranged marriage is not a good idea it affects the girls' education, affects society badly, and affects future lives.

In some Eastern countries having an arranged marriage is very common. This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation. Even today, these marriages have an important role in the societies where this tradition takes place. Many people agree with arranged marriages, however other people do not agree with them. I am against arranged marriages because there can be many problems in an arranged marriage. Some problems that could occur are: the couple is inexperienced with relationships, the couple doesn't like each other, and it's harder to get a divorce.

Cultures and countries around the world have differing views on many topics such as whether or not babies should be baptized, vaccinations, abortion and marriages. One topic that has been of controversy and is viewed differently in many countries is marriage and whether or not arranged marriages are better than love marriages. There are several different reasons why people in India believe that arranged marriages are the best; likewise, people in Western countries such as the United States believe that love marriages are best. Most westerners have a misconception on arranged marriages. An arranged marriage is a marital union where the groom and the bride are chosen by a third party, such as a mother, father, grandfather or grandmother. Most often confused with a forced marriage, which is where the bride and groom are chosen by a third party and are forced to marry each other or suffer the consequences. In western countries, marriages are considered “love marriages” where the bride and groom select each other and decide to get married based on their love and affection for one another. Even though arranged marriages and love marriages greatly differ from one another and each has advantages and disadvantages, neither one is better than the other in the long run.

It can be argued that one of the most important aspects of culture are marriages. The union of two people to symbolize the propagation of a system of belief and ideas passed down which become inherent to their identity. Almost every culture has some type of marriage ritual in which unite two different families and create an integral bond. Yet the similarities in the placed importance of marriage traditions are not the same across the board, and their traditions also differ as well. Each culture or group of people have different marriage customs, and do not share the same meaning of what a marriage is or what it holds in society. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how American marriage culture is different from Arab or Chinese. The paper

Marriage is a union that has been around for as long as humans have walked the earth. The human race depends upon the union of its members, and as such, the subject of marriage has been an issue that receives more intense scrutiny and attention than many would likely believe. In today's day and age, with humanity continuing to move in a modern direction, many argue that marriage is a union that should be entered into freely and should be based exclusively on the love between two people. However, I argue that arranged marriage, which has taken place throughout the ages and throughout the world, is a union that offers its observers a marriage based in support, longevity and love, and is an institution that should not be frowned upon.

An arranged marriage by definition is a marriage planned and agreed upon by the families or guardians of the bride and groom. The amount of input a bride or groom has is based on the type of arranged marriage (Psychology Wiki). Arranged marriage is a sensitive topic as it involves the values, beliefs and core characteristics of many people. There are multiple views on arranged marriage, both positive and negative. In the west, most individuals have negative opinions on arranged marriage. Arranged marriage can be researched and analyzed from an anthropological, psychological and sociological perspective. Through the three perspectives, many distinctive differences and similarities between arranged marriage and other types of marriage such

In today 's society, many social issues plague individuals and communities around the world due to their injustices. In most cases, these social issues can be traced back years, and even centuries. It can be surprising to realize that these injustices continue to occur in today 's world just as they have for several years. Arranged marriage is a social issue that regularly occurred during the Romantic period in England and continues to be an issue today’s cultures and society, causing the unhappiness and social prejudices to remain in today’s world as they did in 19th century England.

Arranged marriages are highly common but yet many people do not know the customs and traditions of arranged marriage. In arranged marriages, parents choose their son or daughter's future spouse with only a little input from the soon to be newly-weds. If either the son or daughter refuses the choice, the parents tend to respect their wishes and will find someone else (“Traditional”). Sometimes, in other cultures it varies and the consequences of refusal to arrange marriage are: “...the consequences for both men and women were they would be considered a burden to their family and if the parents went to extreme measures then the child could be disowned, beaten, or even be given the death penalty” (“Consequences”). Additionally, in arranging the girl and boy have to be of the same religion, have a good social status, and have the same culture/traditions. Anyone that does not follow these requirements is seen as an unfit match. Advantages of arranged marriage are they shorten the time of dating, let

In American culture, marriages are optically discerned as very unpropitious. This is because we have grown up with the cognizance that when it comes time to espouse, we will have culled our spouse of our own free will. This way, the match will be a love match instead of being coerced into a marriage. Adolescent men and women grow up in India with a totally opposite view of marriage (Jain 7, 2017). It is taught, that when it comes time to marry, their parents will be the ones to find a suitable spouse. For over 1,000 years, Indian’s have perpetrated this tradition and have kept very rudimental credence’s and values when it comes to culling the spouse. As of 2016, over 90% of Indian marriages were arranged (Toledo 2017). Surprisingly, the divorce rate is lower in India than in the United States. Although arranged marriages are very prevalent in India, they are not always desired. Being coerced into a marriage can prove to be very stressful and awkward as shown by Nnaemka in the story “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe.