Almost all people think that getting married the one who he or she loves is natural. But there are some situations when someone cannot get married to him or her because it is socially unacceptable. The definition of marriage for different people means different things. Marriage has some forms, but nowadays the same sex marriage is the most discussed topic. So in this essay I’m going to compare the traditional marriage and the same sex marriage.
Legalizing gay marriage will create role models for young gay people, who experience the struggle of “coming out of the closet.” This could also heal the gay-straight rift more than anything. “So long as intelligent people understand that homosexuals are emotionally and sexually attracted to the same sex as the heterosexuals are to the other sex, then there is no human reason on earth why it should be granted to one group and not to the other,” (Sullivan, page 407) said
Doing a sampling of the demographics in college around the United States in 2009 it can be seen that 65% of the students are women and 45% are male. In Dr Zak’s test it was distributed as 70% female and 30% male. Of the distribution among races it was as follows: 65% White, 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, and .7% Asian. When looking at the test subjects for Dr Zak it is seen that 89% of the students were White, .04%
At the beginning of the chapter, the first thing she states is that “marriage was harshly critiqued” (hooks, 78) At the peak of the movement many heterosexual women began to make their entrance. Many of them were drawn in due to being in male-dominant relationships for years, particularly long-term marriages. The women viewed their relationships and “marriage as yet another form of sexual slav-ery” (hooks, 79) and male dominance. They aspired freedom from these types of bonds and sought after liberation from both mar-riage and partnership. They did not want to be in a relationship where the patriarch rule, women wanted equality in a relation-ship.
Today, marriage is based on the idea of love. Before getting married, couples take vows to love one another no matter what until death parts them. This, according to Coontz, ensures that couples are getting married for emotional and sexual fulfillment (or Love), rather than survival and political gain. That is why it is believed that “married couples should be best friends, sharing their most intimate feelings and secrets” Love, Coontz explains, is not a new idea and it has been seen in marriages before. Even though many marriages in history were arranged, the couples eventually fell in love.
Women in the 1800’s were dominated by their husbands and expected to be submissive in every way. After Kate’s real life husband died, she decided to voice her opinion on this topic. Sometimes the rules and morals that society or religion teaches us, isn’t really what we want for our own lives. Especially when it comes to sex, romance or love there are a lot of different opinions. Certain cultures may teach that sex (of any form) before marriage is not wrong while others believe that our morals change as society allows it to.
In contrast, the speaker of Robert Herrick’s poem, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” urges virgins to marry, to make a lasting commitment in which love plays a vital role. Comparing these poems reveals differences between love and lust. Despite the contrasting depictions of love and lust, both poets portray the underlying theme of carpe diem which means “seize the day”. Carpe Diem means that time should not be wasted and that you should make the most out of time. As a result, both poems focus on the theme of taking advantage of one's youth, they are both written from a male's perspective in trying to get his lover to take advantage of her youth before she loses it.
The article talks about how it’s not a marriage and that marriage has always been between a man and women yes this is true but same sex couples want to be able to express their love by legally marrying their partner. http://www.tfpstudentaction.org/politically-incorrect/homosexuality/10-reasons-why-homosexual-marriage-is-harmful-and-must-be-opposed.html
Love is not something only between male and female but all of the people, no matter he or she, young and old. First, it is about the birth of desire showed in speech of Aristophance. Next, it will be focus on dialogue between Diotima and Socrates about what is Love and sane-sex love. Third, it is about Michel Foucault idea of true sex using Alexina as a case. The birth of desire according to Aristophanes is due to the lack.
Therefore, between two male homosexuals, there can be a father and a mother. Bennett, fails to conviceus as to why we should not allow same sex marriages, because he does not state facts but only his own views. Furthermore, marriage is a bond between two people who love and cherish each other. Not only a man and a woman have the ablility to do that, but alsosame sex unions have the ability to accomplish the standards of a successful marriage. Both man and woman have equal rights and the rights of the other party cannot be limited because it defies the “traditional” meaning of marriage.