...Omid Rahimzadeh The Effects of Early marriage The concept of early marriage is one of the most controversial issues among people in different cultures. To paraphrase it more prudently, majority of psychologist ponder that this critical social phenomenon changes one's life dramatically in terms of facing hardship in life, having emotional adversity, and depriving of having social skills. The following paragraphs further elucidate this debatable statement. To begin with, facing hardship is one of major effects of early marriage. To give a cogent example, a couple needs to overcome their financial burden in life along with unexpected social issues. To provide another comprehensive example, a couple not have ample social life experienced they may encounter problems in handling their life. As a result, early marriage changes the nature of one's life dramatically. Second, the other important effect of early marriage is having emotional adversity. For instance, being enforced to marry someone can create unhappiness in both sides of marriage. If they are unhappy with each other then the relation might be ruined, causing things to become worse. Consequently, a girl or boy will give up their responsibilities during their life and gradual, they do not have enough good feeling to continue their partnership. Therefore, early marriage has own negative effects on one's emotional traits. Lastly, early marriage deprives the couples of their basic education and learning. For example,...
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...In the poem, "Betrothal in B Minor," it implies that marriage is a war and a struggle in life. Getting married before the age of eighteen would be a huge struggle for the girl. In many countries, young girls between the ages of seven and fifteen are often married to older men by the force of their families. During this marriage, girls face extreme hardships including the lack of education, emotional adversity, and poor social skills. The emotional and social effects of early marriage are varied, but one of the most common outcomes is the withdrawal of girls from formal education. When a girl reaches the age around ten, her parents have already arranged a wedding for her and have taken her out of school to prepare the girl to be wed and to have children. At the age of ten a girl is not fully matured, nor is she well educated. Education is one of the largest losses to a girl if she is married young. Not having a full education like other children brings many hardships to the girl. Taking a girl away from school to marry and to have children limits her opportunities to develop as an individual. After getting married and having a child, a lot of times the girl will want to go back to school to further her education, but most schools will refuse to take in a girl if she is married or has a child. These girls that now have a family at a young age, have to work to earn a living, but since they are denied an education, they are not qualified for most jobs that are available around...
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...WRITING EARLY MARRIAGES IN MAASAI LAND ADM NO; BOBIT/LMR/1575/16 LECTURER; DR. J. NDAVULA DATE; DECEMBER 1,2015 Abstract Reasons for early marriages The main reasons girls are forced to marry early are for the parents to acquire wealth and to be respected in the community (Ondiwo, 2002). Within the Maasai community the male spouses are likely to be a few years older than the girls; some may be more than twice their age, and most of them are wealthy. Parents who make such marital choices look upon marriage as an economic arrangement. Within the Kuria community the tradition is practiced because of interests in acquiring wealth. There are rampant cattle rustling incidences in the area because of poverty. Some parents find it safe to marry off their daughters to compensate for their stolen herd since early marriages are done in exchange for livestock The poverty stricken families also see early marriage as a way to take off their shoulders the responsibility of bringing up girls (Hinshelwood, 2001; Jens, 2003; UNICEF, 2000; UNICEF, 2002). In the event that the parents of the girl child have been given some money or material wealth and the girl has refused to join her husband to be, men from her husband’s side will abduct her. During abduction, the girl will be beaten to make her submissive. If she cries out aloud, her mouth will be closed forcefully. Some of the girls who have been abducted have ended up dying during the struggle (Ondiwo, 2002). Early marriage problem...
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...------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT: ------------------------------------------------- This paper explores the issue of early marriage in Africa. It sheds light ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- specifically on reason behind its perpetuation, its harmful consequences, shows how it ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- constitutes a barrier to education and enjoyment of girl’s human rights and how it ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- further threatens the development of countries. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The findings from an extensive reading of materials related to early marriage ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- suggest that early marriage is due to various factors including among others, ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- the search for economic survival,protection of young girls, peer group and ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- family pressure, controlling female behavior and sexuality, wars and civil ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...AND DISADVANTAGES FOR EARLY MARRIAGE. Early marriage is the one of the tradition from our great grandmother generation and now as we all see our generations always practice it in their life. We can see have many early marriage at this time. That means our generation not forget the traditional from their great grandmother. The younger now think they want to be like their great grandmother like marriage until die, life in happier and don’t have many conflicted so they want to life like that. For them early marriage is the one of the solution that can give them life in happier with their partner. They don’t realize that are many advantages and disadvantages in early marriage. The disadvantages for the early marriage are they will face a lack of understanding. A partner will think they are in love and understanding each other so deeply. But when they are marriage and they get a problem in their marriage they will realize that they have a lack of understanding. How can two individual understanding each other at too young? This is quite difficult for boys and girls get the understanding to fast. The level of understanding only can developed when the boys and girls are too matured to understanding the things and their environment. Everyone have differences maturity stages, sometime late and sometime fast. Usually the boy who is the late matured than girls. When they are marriage they don’t have a time to enjoy with their friends. Then, when they are marriage they will face a next...
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...other parts of Asia, marriage at or shortly after puberty is common among those living traditional lifestyles. There are also specific parts of West and East Africa and of South Asia where marriages much earlier than puberty are not unusual, while marriages of girls between the ages of 16 and 18 are common in parts of Latin America and in pockets of Eastern Europe. One problem in assessing the prevalence of early marriages is that so many are unregistered and unofficial and are not therefore counted as part of any standard data collection system. Very little country data exist about marriages under the age of 14, even less about those below age 10. An exception is Bangladesh, where the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 1996-97 reported that 5 per cent of 10- 14 year-olds were married. 18 Small-scale studies and anecdotal information fill in the picture. They imply that marriage at a very young age is more widespread than country data suggest. National statistics often disguise significant rates of very early marriage in some regions and among some sub-populations. In the Indian state of Rajasthan, for example, a 1993 survey of 5,000 women revealed that 56 per cent had married before age 15, and of these, 17 per cent were married before they were 10. 19 A 1998 survey in Madhya Pradesh found that nearly 14 per cent of girls were married between the ages of 10 and14. 20 In Ethiopia and in parts of West Africa, marriage at seven or eight is...
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... Child Marriage Throughout the world, marriage is seen as a celebration where two madly in love individuals unite as one. Child marriage on the other hand, gives no such cause for a celebration or any type of happiness. Globally, especially in developing countries, many young children are ensnared and forced into marriage at a really young age to men twice or even three times their age. Robbing the innocence and purity of young girls is in fact an inhuman thing to do. Child marriage should come to an end throughout all countries. Child marriage is in fact a violation of human rights that exploits and strips young girls of their innocence, which then exposes them to the harsh realities of adulthood in countries where poverty and lack of education is high. Being a child means going to school, hanging out with your friends or just being at home eating junk food and watching television for long hours. In many developing countries children already know what being an adult means. Children are getting married, cooking and cleaning for their husbands, and even sleeping with them. According to Alexandra Hervish and Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs, “ In the last decade, 58 million young woman in developing countries – one in three – have been married before the age of 18, many against their will and in violation of international laws and convention of woman’s rights. Even more disturbing, according to new figures, one in nine girls, or 15 million, have been forced into marriage between the...
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...sexes have not been legally united either by law or Religions doctrine or authorities under the caption of marriage. Abortion is believed to be a deliberate ending or termination of a pregnancy at an early state. Marriage is said to be a relationship between a husband and a wife to live or co-husband as such for life Thus early marriage could be seen as any marriage contracted unintentionally or that which is contracted by way of duress or undue influence. Unfortunately, most young girls in secondary school in Nigeria today see to it that sex is a golden slice or a do or die affair and as such when at their dangerous stages or period, they still fail to keep boys or man at arm’s length which at long last leads to unexpected pregnancy. Hence proper arrangements or precautionary measure not put in place as regards such pregnancies. The next idea as the only option that readily come to their winds at this point is abortion through any means which most of the time take their lives or endanger lives in such situations. Norststill, most girls in secondary in school involved in these acts are either forced to forfeit their educational cares or to marry any interested husband against their will or atones they ultimately lose their values in the market of marriage as a result and so go in to haloing in order or earn their living. Unwanted pregnancy, abortion and early marriage by secondary school girls is indeed regarded as a very serious problem...
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...[pic] Worldwide, more than 60 million women aged 20–24 were married before they reached the age of 18. The extent of child marriage varies substantially between countries, but about half of the girls who are affected live in South Asia. Child marriage is a violation of child rights, compromising the development of girls and often resulting in premature pregnancy and social isolation. Child marriage is becoming less common overall, but the pace of change is slow. In 34 of the 55 countries with comparable data from two recent surveys, there has been no significant change in the percentage of women aged 20–24 married by 18 – and only 5 countries experienced a decrease of more than 10 per cent. Questions Introduction: Child marriage refers to any marriage of a child younger than 18 years old (18 is the recognised age of adulthood according to the Article 1 of the Convention on the Right of the Child. While child marriage affects both sexes, girls are disproportionately affected as they are the majority of the victims. Their overall development is compromised, leaving them socially isolated with little education, skills and opportunities for employment and self-realisation. This leaves child brides more vulnerable to poverty, a consequence of child marriage as well as a cause Child marriage is now widely recognised as a violation of children's rights, a direct form of discrimination against the girl child who as a result of the practice is often deprived of her basic...
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...Introduction Child marriage is a formal marriage or informal union entered into by an individual before reaching the age of 18. The legally prescribed marriageable age in some jurisdictions is below 18 years, especially in the case of girls; and even when the age is set at 18 years, many jurisdictions permit earlier marriage with parental consent or in special circumstances, such as teenage pregnancy. In certain countries, even when the legal marriage age is 18, cultural traditions take priority over legislative law. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, though the overwhelming majority of those affected are girls, most of who are in poor socioeconomic situations. Child marriage is related to child betrothal, and it includes civil cohabitation and court approved early marriages after teenage pregnancy in many cases, only one marriage-partner is a child, usually the female. Causes of child marriages include poverty, bride price, dowry, cultural traditions, laws that allow child marriages, religious and social pressures, regional customs, fear of remaining unmarried, illiteracy, and perceived inability of women to work for money. Child marriage is a harmful practice1 which severely affects the rights of a child and further deprives the child from attaining other aspirations like education. Every year, about 14 million adolescent and teen girls are married, almost always forced into the arrangement by their parents. There is a correlation between poverty and child marriage. Girls from...
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...from the Marriage Project of the Institute for American Values. Maggie Gallagher, the principal investigator, is an affiliate scholar at the Institute and the director of its Marriage Project. The Institute is grateful to Amara Bachu, Douglas J. Besharov, Norval Glenn, Dana Mack, Steven L. Nock, and Maris Vinovskis for their scholarly and editorial suggestions, and to the William H. Donner Foundation for its generous financial support of this initiative. The contributions of other supporters are also greatly appreciated. On the cover: Maternity (1950) by Milton Avery. Oil on canvas, 32 X 46 inches. Collection of Sally M. Avery. ©1999, Milton Avery Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY. © 1999, Institute for American Values. All rights reserved. No reproduction of the materials contained herein is permitted without the written permission of the Institute for American Values. ISBN 0-9659841-5-X Institute for American Values 1841 Broadway, Suite 211 New York, NY 10023 Tel: (212) 246-3942 Fax: (212) 541-6665 info@americanvalues.org www.americanvalues.org The Age of Unwed Mothers Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem? Executive Summary Why have three decades of intensive national effort to reduce teen pregnancy not been more successful? Largely because for three decades, we have framed the problem falsely. What we have called our “teen pregnancy” crisis is not really about teenagers. Nor is it really about pregnancy. It is about the decline of marriage. What has...
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...Injustice Involving Same-sex Marriage The legalization of gay marriages has been argued and talked about in our society for the earlier few years. It really is a very questionable subject matter. It is difficult for a lot of people to accept gay marriages. Writing a same sex marriage essay is becoming a more and more popular assignment, giving scholars the possibility to express their ideas on this particular matter. Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is marriage between two people of the same biological sex and/or gender identity. Legal recognition of same-sex marriage or the possibility to perform a same-sex marriage is sometimes referred to as marriage equality or equal marriage, particularly by supporters.(Dictionary.com) In early times, same-sex marriage was not considered taboo and in many cultures, it was encouraged. Random History (2011) explains that in the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, the union between couples of the same-sex was recognized by the kingdom. During Greek’s early years, attraction between a man and another man was normal and was considered an expression of love. “The main considerations in same-sex relationships in early history were often love, beauty, and excellence of character rather than gender” (Random History, 2011, p.1). Same-sex marriages were often believed to be more pure than a heterosexual marriage. Marriage was believed to be the union of two people based on love. A marriage consisting of two males or two...
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...The Social Changes in Marriage Western Governors University Social Changes in the Module of Marriage Bob Dylan said it the best, “The times they are a changing”. The purpose of marriage in today’s society is no longer what it was over a century ago. Families in the early 1900s were depicted in movies such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” where arranged marriages were the social norm. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet or Leave It to Beaver were the “families” of the mid-1960s.They were comprised of two parents, two children and a happy stable environment. The Husband’s role was that of the provider, with the Wife’s role being that of a homemaker and nurturing mother. The children were a reflection of their parent’s social reverence to society norms. In the late 1960s – 1970s cultural norms regarding marriage, pre-marital sex/cohabitation and childrearing changed significantly. The family was replaced by divorced parents or blended families, reflected in shows such as “Different Strokes,” “One Day at a Time,” and “Parent Trap” reflected such. Currently, non-traditional families are accompanied by same sex marriage and depicted in sitcoms such as Modern Family, which combines multiple variations of family models in one show. These various family modules are becoming widely accepted in society, along with changes in the social module of marriage, as “traditional family values are being swept away by a wave of tolerance toward lone mothers, gay couples and unmarried...
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...Cause and Effects of Divorce Marriage symbolizes a unity between two people. Some marriages last and some result in divorce. For instance, a newlywed couple could start off exceedingly romantic. As the marriage progresses, more problems and issues arise that are left unsolved. Feelings could build up over time and every little action he or she does could increasingly annoy the other spouse. Conflicts are not resolved properly and as time passes, the couple may start to have more and more disagreements about unimportant subjects. There are three main causes of divorce: lack of communication, early marriages with unexpected pregnancies and drastic career changes, which are listed below. First of all, lack of communication is the main cause of divorce. Communication is the revealing of thoughts or ideas and is an important aspect of all relationships. If effective communication is not present in a marriage, then the relationship will suffer and slowly weaken. To have an effective communication with one's spouse, one should try to be as open as possible by revealing all emotions and feelings. A result of a failed marriage could be divorce. Divorce is common because there is a lack of effective communication. On the other hand, one might believe that a lack of communication is not the reason why divorce is common. The lack of communication in a relationship cannot be the single reason why marriages fail. All couples are not the same. It could be possible that they have good communication...
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... The phenomenon of early marriage seems to be a trend and life style among young people today, especially those who living in rural areas. In the early of age 20s, mariage has been the main issue to be think. Some of old Malay community think that mariage such early age are common . But for others, this situation and phenomenon should be change according with current development. Ocassionally there is always pro and con between in any issue. There is a lot of perspective that need to be analyze before taking any conlusion or decision. Topic 1: The youth are said to be more mature and independence when they have a commitment or responsibility. Supportive content: In order to survive, youngsters may build their integrity along the way of their marriage. They tend to lead a life of their own and not rely to others to solve their problems . This may build their resposiblities to manage their affair, the bride will have to start working in order to sustain themselves. They may learn to gain the capability of establishing a cordial family life. This mature process may take some times but with the actual efforts and wise choices, it may be momentarilly. Younger people can adapt easily to changing environments and it is easier for them to break bad habits as compared to people who are older. This can help the two preservere troughout their relationship as they grow older and can live togeteher as a happy couple It also cant be denied that early marriage can lead to a better...
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