Essays on Marriage

People’s perception of marriage has changed continuously with time. Earlier people didn’t have much a say in who they’re going to marry or when they’re going to get married or at what age they’re going to get married. Everything was decided by the elders of...

Marriage is a universal institution where a couple is officially united and becomes a family. While the marriage institution is universal, its practice differs between cultures. These differences are quite significant in a country like South Africa where customary (including, but not limited to, African)...

Marriage is a controversial decision various people get caught up on. There are two different concepts of marriage in the modern world, one being very traditional. The first is having a wedding based on love and emotion. The more traditional one is a marriage arranged...

By definition, divorce is the ending of a marriage between couples. It usually happen when a husband and wife decide to part ways and no longer want to take obligations and liabilities of marriage. This disbands the union eventually making them each single again and...

Claudia Card’s essay Against Marriage and Motherhood argues that the institution of marriage and, in turn, motherhood is so flawed that it should not be reproduced or improved by anyone. Card criticizes the effects of politics on marriage, citing the oppression women face in heterosexual...

The concept of an arranged marriage is something entirely alien to us in the Western world. Especially to the age bracket which I am in (13-18). The idea that someone other than myself could ever possibly decide or dictate who I would date, let alone...

The earliest concept of marriage dates back centuries ago; it is the union between two people. Although, some of its concepts remain controversial like the practice of child marriage in some cultures. In modern times, it is mostly defined as the union between two consenting...

What would happen in a marriage if there was a contract? If there was a contract present in a marriage they would be legally binded which makes them responsible for an obligation they have agreed to. These types of contracts are found in many ways...

The first factor that comes into play for cheating to even be a possibility, is the decision-making process. Meyering and Eping-McWherter (1985), stated that there are two preconditions for extramarital relations to occur; permissive attitudinal orientation and opportunity. The idea of this is that if...

When you married then you are feeling why wedding is vital and veteran a number of the nice feelings that come back from the wedding. Wedding is additionally troublesome for a few of you and so you’re not married. So there’s expectation. However the expectation...