Would you ever consider getting married to a person you never meet or just seen
once? Most probably no, but this happens to many young males and females throughout
India and other countries. Arranged marriages are now and have been heated debate in
certain cultures. Arranged marriages have many young boys and girls to destroy their
lives, but to others it is considered the most reliable way to find a life partner. Even
though today’s Western society believes in love marriages, parents in many cultures
disapprove of love marriages for their children. It’s very difficult to judge whether
arranged marriages are good or bad since they have both positive and negative effects.
An arranged marriage is when parents, or eldest male in the family, chooses a
partner for a young boy or girl. In some situations an aunt, family friend or relative finds
a partner for the child. Arranged marriages are practiced all over the world, mainly in
Hindu and Sikh cultures. It does not matter how westernized India or other countries may
have become, arranged marriages are still practiced. Arranged marriage is basically an
agreement between two families rather than two young people. The first stage is
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desire. It leads to unhappy marriages and conflicts in families. Marriages being forced,
Some topics in this essay:
Marriage, Family, Arranged Marriage, Love, Engagement, Divorce, Bride Kidnapping, Husband,
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PROFESSIONAL ESSAYS:
Marriage by Arrangement and by Choice: Pros and Cons That Demand a
From the American perspective, arranged marriages are a leftover from medieval thinking and a travesty in the Western world where marriage for love prevails. .... (1311 
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Ideal of Courtly Love
.... courtly love. In the Middle Ages, many marriages, particularly among the upper classes, were arranged marriages. Therefore, courtly .... (465 2 )
Courtly Love The ideal of courtly love was
.... courtly love. In the Middle Ages, many marriages, particularly among the upper classes, were arranged marriages. Therefore, courtly .... (465 2 )
Challenges to Muslims in the Post-Modern World
.... Polygamy, though uncommon, does have a basis in Islam. As do arranged marriages, which are still very prevalent in Muslim society. .... (1790 7 )
Lawrence Stone on Family, Sex and Marriage
.... the plight of the poor people, the rampant infanticide and abandonment of children, the early deaths of children adults, arranged marriages and infidelity. .... (1329 5 )
Problems of Persian Immigrants in the US
.... For example, the Iranian Jewish population in the Long Island region of New York continues to practice the tradition of arranged marriages, in which the .... (1917 8 )
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