Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Marriage
The way we see marriage now is different from how it use to be before. Our views of marriage has changed throughout the years and it will continue to change. When most of us thinks of marriage, we think of two people being happily married, but nowadays, people make mistakes and think that they are happy with one another and ends up getting divorces. The divorce rate is much higher in today's society than it was before. Also, when people thinks of marriage back then, the man goes out and hunt while the women did house chores and took care of the kids, then it became the man went to work, working the factories while the women stayed home and cleaned and took care of the kids, it wasn't til recently that men and women had more equal roles in the work force. We are seeing women having careers outside of just taking care of the house and family. The women before, always tended to the men and the rest of the family but it is changing where men and women are having equal roles in the chores. Also, marriages today, we are seeing Gay couples in some states coming together and celebrating their lives together. The diversity of marriage has seen new light. There are also marriages of different races which we haven't seen before. It's hard to say what will happen with marriage next. We have seen so many different things in marriage. Maybe one day gay marriage will be accepted everywhere. Who knows, maybe sooner or later, aliens will come down from space and we'll start marrying them too. Marriage will continue to change with our times. We might not even eventually celebrate marriages anymore. We'll just wait to see in the future what will happen.
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Hi eyuen510,
ReplyDeleteNice post! :) Marriage has definitely changed in the last 50 years to reflect the changes in society. I know that today we are always hearing about how divorce rates are much higher than they were in the past and I think that also reflects the ideals we hold about marriage. Before it was normal to have the wife stay at home and take care of the children, but with changing economic and societal factors it is now normal to see households having two working parents. The idea of changing concepts of marriage also made me think about how it has been depicted in the media. We constantly see magazine covers screaming “infidelity” or “divorce”, so in a way it is depicting marriage as no longer sacred and a long-term commitment. I notice that a lot of shows now have characters that are in committed relationships, but are not married.