The American respondents were reluctant to marry somebody who they did not love as only 14% said that they would agree to marry. In contrast to this, the collectivist cultures had higher percentages such as India with 24% and Thailand with 34%. These results therefore suggest that a higher proportion from collectivist cultures is willing to marry with the absence of their love. This therefore supports the idea that there are differences in relationships between cultures as the results were not similar or even the same between cultures. This also
In many Western, industrialized societies, people enjoy considerable geographical and social mobility. They are free to interact with a relatively large number of people on a daily basis. When it comes to the formation of relationships there is greater choice of potential partners and fewer restrictions on choice, and are generally expected to be able to choose their own partner. The primary basis for marriage is expected to be romantic love, parental consent is considered desirable, but by no means necessary. More traditional, non-Western cultures on the other hand offer less geographical and social mobility, so individuals have less choice in whom they interact with.
Discuss the nature of relationships in different cultures. One way in which relationships differ in different cultures is the degree to which they are voluntary or non-voluntary. In many Western cultures, people live in mainly urban settings with easy geographical and social mobility. This allows people to voluntarily interact with a large number of people, both acquaintances and strangers. This then means that in Western cultures because there are more people there is a higher degree of choice on romantic relationships.
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.
Marriage solely being between a man and a women is something we have had for centuries, however, due to divorces and newer ways to have a family, our prestigious and “honorable estate” (Bennett 34) of marriage is weakened. By lumping gay marriage with traditional marriage, Bennett believes that the definition of marriage would be further weakened. If we legally allow this union to be a part of marriage, then how could we stop a less legitimate union, like incest or bigamy? Excluding marriage between a man and a woman is not discriminatory towards homosexuals, but it is protective towards our institution of
Political Values and Their Roles in Marriage Compatibility When it comes to relationships between human beings, marriage is one of the most intimate of them all. Having mutual political values, ideology, and partisanship choice can definitely play a role in the relationship, but those things do not determine whether a couple is compatible or not. There are a very small percentage of people who would write off a potential partner simply because of their partisan status, and those few who would do something of the sorts are extremists. There are three types of political attitudes: values, ideology, and partisanship. The political attitude that is most likely to influence a relationship is a person’s values and morals, and this is because values and morals define what an individual believes is right and wrong, having a strong effect on lifestyle and family choices.
For example two people who are serious and hardworking are more likely to be attracted to each other rather than someone whose main interests are having fun and avoiding responsibility. Although this is not always the case as we all know couples are complete opposite, although research done by Herbener found that married couples who were similar were happier. Attitudes however differ in their attitudes to important issues, although research suggests that attitude alignment often occurs, where the partner changes their attitudes so they become more similar to their
As a result, the validity of “romantic love” is universal relies on the examination at which this declaration has been made. Secondly, cultural differences have a big influence in romantic love. Individualism culture is the one in which the person is egocentric where the only thing that truly matter is self-satisfaction. Everything people do should be related to them or be self-beneficial, and they also show less concern for others while collectivism culture is the complete opposite. People tend to be more collective, and they always see the group before they see themselves.
This originally all comes from biased perspectives. In communities where women are generally not considered viable wage earners, families often view daughters as an economic burden. Therefore, in the case of impoverished parents, they may decide to betroth a daughter early to ease the financial load of caring for a child. A bias could lead one to accept or deny the truth of a claim, not on the basis of the strength of the arguments in support of the claim, but through the extent of the claim's correspondence with one's own preconceived ideas. The confirmation bias here, has to do with the families that will engage their young daughters to marry older men to correspond to their ethical ideas that they behold.
Big Cities VS Small Towns There are major differences between living in big city and small town. Some people prefer small towns are close knit communities were everyone knows one another and people are more laid back. 1.There is less stress in a small town because there is no rush like there is in the big cities. 2.There is also less crime in a small town. Bc people in smaller towns is more friendly.