...Marriage has evolved over time in society. Depending on who you ask they will most likely have a their own view of what marriage means to them. In most cultures the general form of Marriage is between a man and a woman; however, society is evolving and the meaning has been changing with time. In all cultures marriage is presented as a 'social institution'. In a society marriage is mostly considered an arrangement of a mutual commitment; rights and obligations between two or more persons. This commitment is bonded by sexual and economical responsibilities. In Society marriages takes on many facets. Marriage Ceremonies are influenced by your cultural background and your religious views. In most societies and cultures 'marriage' is defined...
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...Marriage Practices within other Cultures ANT101 Jason Randall Thompson, Ph.D October 14, 2013 Marriage Practices within other Cultures Marriage is a fundamental cornerstone of human economic, social, and kinship networks Murdock (1949). Indeed, marriage as an elementary principle of human kinship systems has long been considered a central aspect of between group alliances Levi-Strauss (1949). The exchange of mates among kin groups and accompanying networks of economic exchange are widespread and arguably create the foundation of human social organization Chapais B (2008; 2010). However, considerable cultural variation around the world opens up the question of whether regulated exchange of mates across kin groups represents the ancestral form of marriage or whether it is a recently derived consequence of more intensive modes of subsistence. This question is important to answer because in some societies marriage is a nonchalant affair with limited regulation in courtship marriages with no prescriptions, while in others marriages are arranged and regulated by complex rules and prescriptions Chapais B (2008); Flinn MV, Low BS (1986). Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for most of our species’ history hence cultural variation amongst recent hunter-gatherers may be useful for reconstructing ancestral human social structure (Lee RB, DeVore I, eds; Hawkes K, O’Connell JF, Blurton-Jones NG (2001); Marlowe F, 2003). When we examine marriage practices of American, Israeli, and Pakistani...
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...chose to believe God’s Word, I know that what we may label today as “fundamental change in our culture” will inevitably completely destroy marriage and the family unit, at some point in the future.(1) Our culture has changed; however, "traditional marriage" still has a place in the modern world, and is therefore not an outdated and archaic institution. If we look closely at those that believe otherwise, we will most likely find their choice to be founded on hurt, resulting from marriage, or a lack thereof. Indeed, “[the] CDC finds [that] more U.S. couples [are] living together instead of marrying” (Health Day, 2013); further, a cursory comparison between 2000 and 2013 statistics, gives the impression of an alarming trend toward cohabitation.(2) However, for the time being, the same statistics demonstrate that the majority of In the modern world, does "traditional marriage" still have a place, or are we seeing a fundamental change in our culture?either marry or break up; therefore, cohabitation is not (currently) intended (by the majority) to replace marriage. Although deceptively attractive, easy and convenient, in my opinion, cohabitation, is caused (at the root) by poor parenting, characterized by dysfunctional, unsupported and selfish parents that recycle and multiply unhappiness and an unfulfilled need for companionship, coupled with fear of commitment.(3) “Marriage is the most basic and fundamental part of our society, and as such it should be protected and...
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...Western Marriage Practices Cassandra Moore ANT 101 Instructor: Vasiliki Touhouliotis 2/06/2014 Throughout history, marriage has had the biggest impact on many countries, and their Cultures. Religious practices, political organization, and economic growth have all been stepping stones for all nations and how their countries have been shaped. One most important ritual to any culture is the tradition of marriage and the impact it has on their religion and history. By comparing the Japanese culture of marriage and Ethiopian traditional marriage practices and in contrast on what’s different in these two cultures. I will reveal how history has stayed the same and changed for each culture and their marriage culture as a whole. The history of marriage in the Japanese culture has always been a private and selective occasion. In history, it was mandatory for the families of both bride and groom to come from households of equally standing social status. That meant that both families had to come from equal social and economic status. Because of this, selecting a family to marry into had to be calculated carefully. Unlike western culture where marriage is based primarily on love, Japanese culture practices arranged marriages where the two people have never met before. It is believed that over time, the two will eventually learn to love each other and accept one another. However, Japanese weddings are separated into two categories. Shinto weddings ceremonies and...
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...Cultural Differences Between Married Couple With Two Different Cultures Cultural Differences Between Married Couple With Two Different Cultures ENG-105 Research paper Summer 2014 Prepared by Sumaiya Rahman ID:-1220448030 Section:- 21 Date:- 21/08/2014 Prepared for: Shireen Haque (SnH) Acknowledgements This research paper is has been prepared as a requirement for completing my course on Eng-105 (Advance Composition). Several people have played a large role behind the development of this paper, whether by active participation or through their advice and suggestions, so I will start this paper by acknowledging the people who have provided me with their aid, which was necessary for completing this research paper. First of all I would like to thank my course instructor Mrs. Shireen Haque. She selflessly devoted her time in preparing me for conducting my research and in developing my writing skills. Her invaluable support towards my topic motivated me to conduct my research confidently. Whenever I faced any problems, she often took time off her free period to help me, and I am really grateful to her because of this. I would also like to thank my friends, especially Afsana Shompa, Risalat Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shahriar Amin and Richard Chakma, for helping me out in conducting the survey and also for their honest opinions regarding my topic and the questionnaire, and there is no way that I can fully repay the...
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...Udokoro Kennesaw State University Cultures and Marriage April 1, 2013 Abstract This paper discusses the difference cultures between two different cultures but the same religion. It shows how cultures can influence a marriage and how traditions can play a big role in a marriage. We also identify the coping strategies brides employ in managing the cross-cultural ambivalence that emerges as they reconcile two or more sets of cultural norms and traditions. In this life, we grow up with certain cultures that might be innate while others have been passed on to us from generations to generations. Every culture has their own traditions; one of the most popular traditions is that of marriage. It’s every families dream to celebrate matrimony. Weddings bring the whole extended family together as they celebrate a new union and also pass on different traditions. I was very privileged to interview two people of two completely different backgrounds. One of which is Nigerian from the Yoruba tradition and the other is Sri Lankan. I had several methods to bottom down what marriage really means to each people in these different cultures and how sacred it is. What do they cherish and how it influences their growth as a union and individuality. Ways to keep their marriage alive and how their various cultures co-exist in the same union especially if they are from different cultures entirely. “A new study indicates participation in 9-12 hours of marriage and relationship education produces...
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...HSC3133 Cultures in Comparison: Japan versus the United States Friday April 12, 2013 Introduction Sexuality is definitely a major component of life. Without recognizing the importance of sexuality, no one would exist. The most transparent way to define sexuality is the properties that distinguish organisms based on their reproductive roles. When referring to sexuality, many components must be considered such as geographic locations, religion, culture, moral, and ethical values. Culture may be one of the most significant influences on sexuality, since it characterizes a group of people by religion, cuisine, language, and social habits. Culture can influence whether someone is public or private about sexuality. The Japanese culture is unique in many ways, especially in sexuality. Japan is an island nation located in East Asia. This nation is governed in a democratic parliamentary style. It has a population just over 127 million that is remaining steady. Most Japanese citizens practice Shintoism and Buddhism as religions and speak the primary language Japanese. The inhabitants of Japan are generally thin since the obesity rate is extremely low estimated at three percent. The rate of people living with HIV/AIDS is estimated at 8,100 out of the entire population. On the contrary, the literacy rate is extremely high at ninety-nine percent. Based on statistical information and facts in history, the Japanese culture differs in many ways from the American culture in the...
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...Kalahari, also known as Bushmen, is the oldest culture in the world dating back over a hundred thousand years ago. The Kalahari Desert, reaching across South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia, is home to some of the most inhospitable lands in the world. The San have a unique language, which incorporates a distinct “click” sound when they are talking. The San have no leader, constantly move around to find new sources of food, and are autonomous when making decisions to stay with a community or move elsewhere. In fact, they are so peaceful that “conflict or disruptive behavior is rare. These communities have no rulers, no written laws, no formal rule enforcers, and no formal mechanisms for controlling, capturing, or punishing rule breakers” (Nowak & Laird, 2010, sec. 3.6). This is due to the small size of their band, their claim to little or no private property, and the fact that food is shared with everyone in the community. Furthermore, San societies are relatively smaller than most societies due to their constant moving to find new areas to forage. Moreover, the San, known for their skills as hunters and gatherers comprise most of their diet from big game, roots and tubers. In the same way, the men of the San culture hunt big game while the women gather or forage for roots, grains and tubers. The kinship system of the San culture influences the way this culture think, act and live by the way they share food and resources, the way they view marriage and divorce, and how they resolve conflict...
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...Marriage Practices Michelle Moses ANT 101 Prof. Larissa Begley November 28, 2013 Marriage Practices Decades ago, what was known as the traditional wedding would be between one man and one woman. Today, traditional and other marriage practices have changed tremendously. When it comes to marriage, all cultures respect and honors its own marriage practice. Many marriage practices may be confusing and misunderstood from an outsider but will always be sacred within his/her tribe. In today’s society, we tend to self-judge another’s culture marriage practices because it is not the traditional marriage that we were brought believing. Even though we have become narrow-minded towards other forms of marriage and have come to believe that any other way wrong, marriage practices will always be performed differently. While some cultures believe in arranged marriages and same sex marriages, other cultures believe in multiple marriage partners which is known as polygamy. In some types of culture, all three of these marriage practices are accepted. Because of this, we should research farther into various cultures and find out what the reason is behind performing the different martial practices that they do because marriage will still continue in several different ways. Even though traditions might be similar to a particular point, the meaning and the marriage practices behind them are very different. When we do not have the power to choose who we want our future mate to be...
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...Radical Idea of Marrying for Love.” Stephanie Coontz describes marriage as an “institution that brings together two people.” she shares the point that “marriage should be based on intense, profound love and a couple should maintain their ardor until death do them part” (p. 378). Coontz talks about the history behind marriage. People chose their partners based on “something as fragile and irrational as love” before they focus on their sexual, intimate, and altruistic desires. (p.378) Coontz points out that may cultures view marriage differently. Some cultures thought that being truly in love married was not capable when married. Many different societies believe that couples should not put their feeling for their spouse above certain things. Falling in love before marriage was looked upon as insanity, corrupting of the mind. French essayists Montaigne wrote that “any man who was in love with his wife was a man so dull that no one else could love him.” (p.379) Royalty married for political reasons opposed to love. Marriage was looked beyond intimacy and love. Lower and middle class people lived this way as well. People believed that showing affection to you wife was unseemly.” To love your wife with excessive ardor was also considered to be adulterous. Too much love and intimacy between a husband and wife was viewed and weakening their devotion to God. “Many cultures still frown on placing love at the center of marriage.” (p.380) A common saying in early modern Europe was, “he...
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...The article, “The Ceremony of Marriage”, mainly talks about the marriage life between different cultures such as Aboriginal versus European and French Roman Catholic versus English Protestant. In the first part of the chapter was focused on the mixed marriage between First Nations and non-First Nations. The both cultures have a different tradition when it comes to marriage. In white culture, they had their ritual ceremony in a Roman Catholic. In contrast, the other culture had also few ritual ceremonies, but the part saying that they are married is when the father of the bride covers them with a blanket around their shoulders. Henriette Forget pointed out the father sell their daughters in exchange for horses. Basically, parents’ consent depended...
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...Marriage Practice ANT101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof: Christina Winn October 1, 2013 Marriage is a bond between man and woman that should not be entered into lightly. Many cultures have different views on how a man and woman should be joined together. Many traditional Christians believed in asking the bishop or leader of their congregation for consent before they got married. Second, in the Muslim culture, they are allowed to marry at a younger age than christens are allowed. Finally, marriage and divorce go hand in hand, in the Jewish culture divorce is usually handled right there in the community without the need for a judge. In many cultures it is a sign of respect to ask for permission from the father of the woman the man wants to marry. Christians wished to have the consent and blessing of their bishop or the leader of their congregation, and by the end of the fourth century it had become customary in some regions of the Empire for a priest to bless the marriage of a Christian couple (Grubbs, 1994). Muslim’s on the other hand believe that a man and a woman enter into marriage with both of them agree equally. “In Islam marriage cannot take place unless the female freely agrees to it and a dowry is given to her” (Islamicbulletin.org). Obviously a woman in each of these cultures enters into it on her own free will, but the Jewish culture adds a little bit to it. “Mishnah Kiddushin 1:1 specifies that a woman is acquired (i.e., to be a wife) in...
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...Mixed Marriages: Proposing team: 1st Proposition Motion: Hello, Good Morning and welcome everyone to this very interesting debate, I’d like to thank you for coming today, as much as I thank the opposition for this interesting information, I’m here today to defend people from different backgrounds and ethnic groups to marry whomever they desire from different backgrounds and ethnic groups. And here are some of Islamic proofs that state so: 1) Allah clearly encourages us to as stated in the verse. One of the ways of knowing other people and races is marriage. In Quran, Allah said: O mankind, indeed we have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. [Quran 49:13] َّ َ ِ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ ُ ْ ُ َ َ َ ٰ َ ٍ َ َ ِّ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ ِيَا أَيُّهَا الىَّاسُ إِوَّا خَ لَقىَاكم مه ذكر وأُوثًَ وجع ْلىَاكم شعُىبًا وقَبَائِل لِتَعارفُىا ۚ إِن أَكرمكم عىد َّللا أَتقَاكم ۚ إِن َّللاَ علِيم خبِير ٌ َ ٌ َ َّ َّ ْ ُ ْ 2) Also, Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) married to different women from different races and tribes and religions. Maria (RA) was and she was Christian (Converted to Islam later); Safia (RA) was Jewish from (Also converted to Islam).Coptic (Native Egyptian) Israelites As long as Allah encourages knowing other races and Mohammed (PBUH) married to another races, then it is something actually not only...
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...actually was back then. Today, the once commonly known family structure has been modified and tweaked and the standard image of a modern day family is no longer exactly how it looked 60 years ago. Twenty-first century culture has opened the door for many new views including the redefining of the typical structure of a family; in today’s world the model family is no longer just between a male and a female but also includes homosexual couples (Male/Male or Female/Female). Before complying with the definition of how the traditional family should be, we must be able to first define what a marriage truly is. Marriage as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “the intimate or close union of two individuals”, though the definition seems stable enough it isn’t the only definition of marriage and the idea of marriage itself is actually quite wide spread as we see in Evan Wolfson’s “What is Marriage?” Wolfson mentions in his article that marriage is sometimes for love but not always, it is the union of two people and the government received on a flimsy piece of paper and is also sometimes done in the vicinities of a courthouse or a religious building (Wolfson). In relation to Wolfson’s long rant about what marriage is, he brings up a point about gay marriage and how today culture is...
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...socializing with one another. The Yanomami women are expected to have many children and the children are expected to help with the chores. The young Yanomami girls are promised to men at very young ages. Marriages are usually arranged by the older men of the tribe, such as the girl’s father, brother, or uncle. Once a girl has her first menstrual period, she is no longer considered a child. She is now ready to be married but does not have a say in who she is to marry. At this time, the young girl goes to live with her spouse, which is usually her cross-cross, since most Yanomamo prefer to marry within their tribe to avoid any conflict between different tribes. “Cross-cousins marriage is marriages between the girl and the son of a maternal uncle or paternal aunt, are the most common form of marriage.” Marriage in this cultural is used to strengthen relationships between kinship and provides some control of sexual activity. Although it may occur at times, incest is looked down upon in this culture. A father is not supposed to marry his daughter, a mother is not supposed to marry her son, and sibling are not supposed to marry one another. This also includes sexual activity. Polygamous marriage is also common in the Yanomami culture. Polygamy is where the men are allowed to...
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