At that time, a woman’s life is just like passing from her father’s hand to her husband’s. And the society did not think it was a wrong thing, they still thought women should only pleased their husbands first and they should not to work as men, all their job and duty was to be a good housewife, take care of the whole family. Due to these opinions, most couples in 19th century had no love between each other. Kristina, who married with a rich man to support her mother and two brothers, she had no love to her husband, all she wants was support her poor family. But now, she becomes a widow, her husband and mother died and her brothers were grow up, she does not need to support any one more, she does not need to live for any one more.
It makes biological sense since only a man and woman can pro-create. The last pro is it confuses children about gender roles and expectations of society, and only a man & woman can pro-create. Children learn about expectations and gender roles from society. It's difficult to teach the importance and traditions of the family when such confusion is thrust upon them. Only a man and woman can bear children, and for thousands of years, a man & woman headed household has carried generations of people through life.
Many couples end up deciding that the woman and the children will take the males last name, because that it just how it has always been and why change the tradition. Many women find that having the same last name as their husband helps them feel more like a family, and a new name is an important symbol of the journey they are taking together. Personally, when I get married, I will gladly change my last name to whatever my husband happens to be, because following the tradition is important to me. Williamson gave her own experience on how not following tradition can affect everyone in the family when she stated “He’d just delivered the happiest news of his mother’s life - that her first grandchild had been born and followed up with a sucker punch to the heart. The baby was going to have my last name” (69) Williamson’s mother-in-law is woman who
Marriage was more about picking the right in-laws than picking the right partner to love and live with. The point to marriage was to gain advantageous marriage connections with some value and avoid paying debts to others. Marriage became the main way that the upper classes consolidated wealth, forged military coalitions, finalized peace treaties, and gained claims to social status or political authority. Personally for myself I could never live in the twentieth century. I would have been a disgrace to my family and probably would have been disowned.
Child rearing, not economic competence, for example is considered the primary task of the parents (Fisher, 2002), and gender roles in the Amish community are considered to be traditional. The man works, the woman raises the children. However, the Amish family is non-traditional in the way that the man has the absolute say in any matter. As in most families, gender roles in Amish marriages vary by personality; there are shades of dominance from husband to wife across a wide spectrum with many variations. In non-farm families, typically the husband is the primary breadwinner, but in cases where a wife owns a business, she may provide most of the family income.
They were very much racists and felt strongly about blacks marrying whites. But what they fail to realize is that love comes in all colors no matter what race. You can turn on your television right now and see all different types of interracial couples. Such as Kanye West and Kim Kardisan, Former Defense Secretary William Cohen has a black wife, as well as the Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has a white wife. “Even if people wanted interracially, I think they’d keep is kind of quiet” explained a minister on campus at Ole Miss.
By Karagacha Joel Marital Expectations creating social dilemma in Africa. African cultures and tribes have created unrealistic expectations and unjustly inflicting hardship and constrains against women. It’s a fact that any marriage will face its ups and downs and go through a period of extreme happiness and depressions. But in Africa, Problems of marriage tend to be microcosms of larger society and sometimes are as a result of rough historical periods within a societal standard of living.Unfullfilled promising aspects towards women has been the core hindrance and the same has always been linked with the long time overdue traditional policies. The masaai’s from Kenya are no exception ,having been the major holder
Ryan Longacre Winchell Paper Two Malcolm X Malcolm X was born in an unconventional family, where his father was a Baptist Minister and his mother took care of the kids and did jobs to keep up with their house. His Father, Earl Little, was an organizer for Marcus Garvey’s U.N.I.A which didn’t make life any easier for the family. This group supported the return of American blacks to Africa. The dysfunctions of his parent’s relationship often led on to much arguing and yelling, to the point where his mother would be left crying and his father would leave the house. Opposed to other civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X was raised in a way completely different.
Brett Libby 11 / 4 / 12 Theology III Definition of Marriage This article written by Bishop Richard Malone talks about marriage from a very idealistic version of what marriage should BE, but not what marriage always IS. Not every marital union is blissfully happy, whether it is man and a woman, two men, or two women. Not all marriages of men and women last. Often, the marriage breaks up and the children’s lives get a whole lot more complicated, either by being raised in two households or by a single parent only. Bishop Malone states; “Marriage is the foundation of the family and the best place for children to be loved, cared for, educated, and taught to be productive, creative, upright, and responsible citizens”.
Dating is completely foreign to traditional Indian ideas about the proper relationship between the sexes. The East Indian culture is one of the most diverse and traditional of the world. Old and new customs conflict with one another in the realm of marriage. Among traditional Indians, marriages are arranged by families and are based upon such ideas as the social status and the wealth of the bride's or groom's family. In North America, on the other hand, marriage is regarded as a personal choice based on love.