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There are still areas in the world where marriages are arranged. People do not get the CHOICE to marry whom they want to marry. They must marry the person their parents pick for them. It is often based on family honor, respect among community members, and financial security. In Afghanistan, women can't date men. Men seek women and approach their fathers for permission to wed. Until the wedding, men and women must spend their time in the company of their parents--they are not allowed to meet alone. In India, marriages are still arranged by the parents---often by the time they are toddlers.
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I don't think it's right at all to be forced to marry someone, especially if it were to be at a young age. I think marriage is something you should be able to choose not be forced to do by parents.
ReplyDeleteHmm, arranged marriage huh? That sounds like quite the elegant life experience to tell to your grandchildren. On a more serious note, however, arranged marriages are probably one of the most terrible things you can do to your child. Does love not matter anymore? What if there's no connection between the two? Emotional (and physical) or otherwise? Does anyone think about the fact that either one of the people arranged to be wed may have other goals in life?
ReplyDeleteWell, I can barely stand the thought of marriage in general. I don't know if I even think two people can last "forever". I can't even imagine what an arranged marriage would be like. I think it is just wrong, and it kind of defeats the purpose of marriage.
ReplyDeleteUm.. I think that arranged marrige is not right. What's the point of getting married if you can't marry someone that you love and want to marry? And even when people can choose they don't always last "forever." So I have no idea how it would manage to work out if you were told who to marry.
ReplyDeleteTo me this is not right. But we do live in the America.. and we get to pick who we date and marry. Women are very lucky to live here in America. we have so much more freedom then other countries do. its just not fair!
ReplyDeleteMarriage shouldn't be something that you are forced to do, you should want to marry someone because you "love" that person. I think everyone should have the opportunity to marry whomever they want. I don't agree with the parents arranging their daughters marriage. What if the daughter doesn't even love the guy who her parents chose? And why is it always the girls who get arranged, it's never the guys....
ReplyDeleteI believe that a girl should have the right to marry whoever they want to and their parents should not decide who they are going to marry. Anywhere in the world the women should be able to decide who they are going to marry and I think this because they might find somebody better than they are with now.
ReplyDeleteYou should be able to choose the person you want to marry because marriage is a great but lasting event in your life. Marriage basically means forever and you do not want to wake up every morning dreading that person. Arranged marriage is bad.
ReplyDeleteI think that you should be able to choose the person you want to live with, and marry. It should not be up to your parents or family members to decide this for you. When you choose the person you love you are going to have happiness and if your parents were to match you up with someone you did not love entirely you may find yourself in doubts and not live a happy life then if you were with the one you want.
ReplyDeleteI think that people should be able to choose who they marry because you might not even like the person who your parents pick. You would have to stay with that person forever and it sucks and is not good if you don't even like the person. Parents should definitely not arrange marriages.
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I think that arranged marriages are bad. If someone does not want to get married they should not have to especially to someone who they probably don't even like. The whole point of marriage is to marry someone you like and if you don't like them there's no point in getting married.
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I think that it is wrong for parents to arrange their child's marriage. Parents don't know what their child is looking for in a marriage. If they arrage for the child to marry someone that they don't love then they are just causing thier child to have a very miserable life. The parents that arrange the marriages seem very selfish because they are choosing a spouse for their child based on the spouses social and economic standing. All that the parents care about is if the marriage will look good to other people. The parents that choose their child's spouse before they are even a toddler are crazy. They don't even know what their child like in another person at that age.
ReplyDeleteUm.. an arranged marriage? No Thanks! I'd like to be able to choose the person I want to marry, not who my parents choose for me. Yeah, yeah, it might be good for my family, but I want to be with someone who loves me. If I'm going to be with someone for the rest of my life. I want it to be with the one I love. Who says things are going to work out with the spouse? This would cause problems later on down the road as well. I think I'll pass on the whole "arranged marriage" deal.
ReplyDeleteI think it is so different in America because as a child we are brought up thinking that we will go to school, then to college, find a boyfriend or girlfriend, get married, and have kids with them. But in other countries children are entering preschool and their parents have already picked a partner for them. I would probably have to run away if my parents ever tried to make me marry who they picked. Either that or I would pay the guy to move far away where no one could find him. Also, I want to know what happens to the poor men in those countries. Cause in all actuality what parent wants to pick a man without a cent to his name for their daughter to marry.
ReplyDeleteI think arranged marriage is wrong because you shouldn't let somebody pick who you love.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of an arranged marriage to me sound horrible. In a way thats like having someone control a big part of your life that they really don't have the right to. I understand that different countrys and religions have different cultures but are any of them really happy about it? That why we have so many people wanting to live in the US.
ReplyDeleteLindsey touches upon an important point--immigration. I know it is frustrating for Americans who see so many people entering our country, but they just want the same freedoms that so many of us take for granted. It is scary, though, because not all the people seeking entrance have good intentions...some of them want to hurt Americans because they hate our lifestyle. This is a dilemma, for certain!
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