Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's one modern take on the rationalization for marriage. It certainly doesn't take a marriage to be fruitful, just take a look anywhere in the United States or most places in the world actually. It's just a social more that people have adhered to since the relationship was categorized as a bond between a man and his bride's father/family, not the bride herself. People are very fruitful and multiply out of wedlock at a greater rate than those who are married (at least in the US.) Like Lew says, marriage laws should be changed but I'll go further and say that there's no reason for marriage in the US or western culture as people can get married and divorced almost as much as they date and breakup. The social ramifications of divorce have changed and there is less stigma than in the past. And who says that two people who love each other can't just hang out for their whole lives? Plenty of couples do that and are perfectly happy as well as financially independent from each other and, in my view, trust each other even more than if they were legally bound to hang out. Phil Forrest On Thu, 31 May 2012 20:33:09 +0530 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Well, the biological reason for marriage is to give your progeny a > stable childhood, so that he can grow up and further disemminate your > genes. In other words, be fruitful and multiply! Social structures > and modes will change to accomodate any system that achieves this end > result. Cheers Jayanand > > Sent from my iPad > > On 31-May-2012, at 8:22 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > You guys are not considering the fact that a high divorce rate does > > not necessarily support the idea that younger people are entering > > into their marriages more casually. Rather, it seems to suggest > > that marriage is more important to them and getting it right is at > > a very high premium. There's no special nobility or wisdom to > > working through problems, compromising, etc... when they can be > > avoided. I'm not being categorical here, nor do I mean all > > problems, but the inference that cycles of hurt, emotional scars > > and healing make one a better person is specious. There's no way to > > tell if someone who's been through it is stronger or merely a > > coward putting on a brave face. Moreover, insofar as I've spoken > > to/read about those who remain married in the face of difficulties, > > it seems that social pressure, fear of isolation, stigmatization, > > economic issues, etc... play a far greater role than a commitment > > to the relationship. The younger generation has paid close > > attention to their parents' relationships and is trying to forge > > better ones for themselves. Divorce is more socially acceptable > > now, so there are more divorces. Marriage laws should be changed. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest