Our Society Is Overly Materialistic. We Center Our Lives on Acquiring Material Things at the Expense of Such Traditional Values as Family and Education.

While our modern day society care about who we marry, wanting to be happy while we live our lives with the person we love and protective them the best we can. But the two societies are also similar to each other in different ways’. For example they aren’t very straightforward to each other face-to-face. They often need explain to explain things for them because they think it’s apparently “easier” for them to explain whatever it is they need to on technology, when really it’ll be even harder to face them the next time you see them. This is how our modern society is.

As stated in our text, various factors can bind married couples together, such as economic interdependencies, legal, social and moral constraints, relationship, and amongst other things. In the recent years some of these factors have diminished their strengths. The modern generation sees marriage in a different perspective altogether. Individuals today feel they are stable independently, they do not need to rely on their spouse for emotional or financial support. Many are career driven and soar to conquer their dreams over settling down with a family. Such untraditional views have increased divorce rates.

In “For better, for worse: Marriage means something different now,” Stephanie Coontz reveals the worldwide changes in people’s attitudes and behaviors towards marriage. According to Coontz, education and the social norms are the reasons why marriage has become nonessential. Being single and going through a divorce are more acceptable now. The motivations of marriage have turned from economic dependence into personal willingness. In fact, Coontz’s words make me wonder the true meaning of marriage. Even though the meaning has changed over times, I believed that I still hope to get married.

The values of the modern American society have changed drastically from how they were sixty years ago, in the 1950s. The values of today’s society consist of relationships (social), appearances (clothes), and items of possessions (technology).

Topic Sentence #2: Societies with no sense of individuality will eventually turn into a dystopia where freedom and inquisitiveness are replaced by a totalitarian regime.

In over half a century, marriage has transformed from being a social requirement to simply being an option in today’s society. What has caused this change? Many institutions in our society have changed drastically along with marriage. Although these institutions have not caused marriage to be optional, they do strongly correlate with the decreased value. The economy, education, religion, and government have all altered since the 1950s. When any institution encounters a change, all other institutions are affected. Family is a major institution in society, and I believe that marriage is an important aspect of this institution. Cohabitation, religion, women in the work world and divorce have all effected the way marriage is viewed today.

When humans become more materialistic, they lose the ability to maintain normal human relationships emotions connected to human relationships such as love or friendship. In modern day 2017, everybody is becoming more materialistic, wanting the newest

In ‘Till Debt Do Us Part’ by Mary Loftus, she explains just how Americans in a relationship are affected by money in a positive and in a negative way. Well over sixty percent of women and male enter a marriage with some debt, which places tension on the relationship and takes the focus away from future financial goals (99). Concealing your financial transactions can cause legal issues and can be detrimental to your relationship, and can ultimately weaken the relationship (100). Women and men both grumble that the other isn’t doing enough to provide financially, which affects their relationship (101). The idea that men are supposed to work and women are supposed to be housewives like many years ago, can go against the couple if the women earns a lot more and can cause unnecessary hostility (102). Marriage requires effort from both parties, even with the abundance of issues of money, couples should plot their financial lives rather than avoiding it (102).

The change on the contemporary wedding, from what the society has been seeing in the 21st century, is phenomenal. People approach marriage very differently nowadays. Individuals still look for their “would-be” spouses. However, it's not for love or companionship purposes but convenience. In fact, Dr. Strohschein is quoted saying in the talk show says that marriage evolved to a "capstone" to an individual’s life and no longer a cornerstone of life as it used to be (Woodford, Luke, Grogan-Kaylor, Fredriksen-Goldsen, & Gutierrez, 2012). This paper explores Strohschein’s views in the light of sociological concepts and theoretical paradigm.

Over the past decades, how Americans perceive the marital relationship greatly reformed, illuminating society’s values. In the past, marriage use to represent a legal contract to bear children and acquire finances, but today, “In all too many communities in the US, especially poor and minority ones, marriage is a retreat” (Wilcox et al., 2005, p. 5). Rather than observing marriage as an obligation, Americans now perceive a marriage to entail intimate commitments between affectionate partners. America transformed its values from the society and family to the individual level. Of the major values changes, which occurred over the past decades, this article exemplifies an increase in single-parent homes, cohabiting, and divorce. Due to America’s expansion of individualism and materialism, individuals no longer perceive their marriage as life long commitments. This transformation occurred because of a shift in societal values; society no longer places stigma on divorce and single parents, which aided in the increasing numbers of marital shifts. In fact, Americans tend to enter marriages with unrealistic expectations, expecting their partner to fulfill all of their needs without conflict. It stands as our unrealistic expectations and perceptions that caused a shift in marriages.

Measuring the work ethic of the participants showed a decline across the years as the rise for materialistic possessions increased. As individuals are becoming more materialistic, they are losing their work ethic which shows a sense of entitlement in the participants that they should not have to work as hard to own highly materialistic possessions. This is believed to be effected by the decline in socioeconomic statuses which can be linked to insecurities in the individuals as well as an increase in the amount of advertising individuals are exposed to towards the end of the study. These insecurities have shown to increase the desire for material items in order to create a more ideal self while declining the desire to work for the things they want (Twenge & Kasser, 2013).

Established with Adam and Eve, still surviving, marriage is the oldest institution known. Often the climax of most romantic movies and stories, whether it may be ‘Pride and Prejudice’ or ‘Dil Wale Dulhaniya Ley Jaein Gey’, marriage has a universal appeal. It continues to be the most intimate social network, providing the strongest and most frequent opportunity for social and emotional support. Though, over the years, marriage appears to be tarnished with high divorce rates, discontentment and infidelity, it is still a principal source of happiness in the lives of respective partners. Although marriage is perceived as a deeply flawed institution serving more the needs of the society than those of the individuals, nevertheless, marriage is

"Your children need your presence more than your presents" Jesse Jackson. Kids always want toys in Christmases and birthdays because it excites and ecstatics them for the day,weeks or even months. However, these emotions don't usually stay long because toys are not a permanent spark of our lives without love in it. Minories don't realize the role of love until they grow up because some are born surrounded by tons of people who love and care about them, and some crave parental bonding . Unlike toys , we don't find love at any stores; therefore, it's the parent's job to show a great affection to their children. It's important for parents to spend plenty of time with their kids in order to make them feel secure and confident. The fact that parents

But who needs to accept these values? Why not stand for consumption that is democratic, egalitarian, and available to all? How about making "access," rather than exclusivity, cool, by exposing the industries such as fashion, home decor, or tourism, which are pushing the upscaling of desire? This point speaks to the need for both cultural change, as well as policies which might facilitate it. Why not tax high-end "status" versions of products while allowing the low-end models to be sold tax-free?

One of the main causes that marriages are not lasting is the change in the roles of woman today. Prior to the 1980’s it was the man’s responsibility to earn money and financially provide for his family, whereas the