So many of us give these stereotypes to marrying young. Some think that it will ruin a person’s life. In my opinion, these stereotypes about marrying young are not true. People act like marrying young is like ending your freedom, but actually that is not it at all. If you marry someone for the right reasons and know that they are the one, you will only be happier and stronger in life’s endeavors. Being with someone who supports you in achieving your goals and who makes you want to be the best version of yourself that you can be is not a bad thing what so ever. It will make things easier knowing you have such a supporter, especially when you are trying to pursue your professional goals. And if you love someone enough to marry them, then going through your life experiences is only that much better with them around.
I agree that marrying young isn't as bad as people make it out to be, but there are statistics that show that people who marry young are more likely to get divorced. In the book it talks about how people are more likely to marry people from their own social class and who share similar values as them. I think that being young sometimes means that you are still finding your place in society and deciding what you believe. If you get married when you still haven't found your place or beliefs, and then those beliefs change, that causes a lot of conflict and probably has something to do with why marriage among young people is not always successful. HAL001
I agree with you, growing up as a young man I was always told getting married young will ruin my life and I would not be able to accomplish the things in life I would have been able to if I was not married. GRUNT001
Marrying young is absolutely something that is looked at as typically being such a negative situation to get yourself into. All of the reasons you have listed are so true and that is definitely what everyone should be looking for in a partner. With that being said, based on my previous knowledge and what we have discussed in class, a lot of times people are getting married for reasons other than simply love which is what would make that point valid. Aloha001
Sociological research is the key to better understand the many aspects of society. Sociological research could be described as qualitative and quantitative research that follows a systematic plan. Sociological research includes ethnography, case studies, and serves. All these research methods would be appropriate to study marriage. Marriage is a legal contract that includes shared economic use and sexual access. Marriage is such an intimate part of one’s life and the ability to launch deep investigation my present problems. The symbolic approach is probably the best way to collect research about marriage. This approach would utilize research conversations between married couples or groups of married couples to collect information. Other methods would better suit unique types of marriage like arranged marriages or polygamy. These “different” forms of marriage would lend themselves to an in depth ethnography. The most important part to realize is that marriage is a sensitive subject and subjects may not want to divulge their entire life. No matter how large or small the investigation, it is always important to keep ethical concerns in mind. FireFan001
I like sociology and psychology because they take thing like love and marriage and try to explain them rationally and scientifically, when most people don't think that love or marriage are either of those things. But, in fact, what we call “love” and the reason we get married is greatly affected by society. Like Lillian Rubin's study, for example, where she found that higher-income women looked for more sensitive me while lower-income women looked for non-violent, hard-working men. This is because higher-income women are less concerned with money in a relationship than lower-income women and therefore they can focus more on emotional security than financial security. Like social-class narrows most people's selection, so does proximity. Especially before online dating, people rarely marry someone tat lives in a different part of the world. This is both because they are never exposed to each other and also because of differences in values and culture. I think sociological studies on marriage help make relationships between two people less complicated and so they are a positive thing. HAL001
ike you, I am a firm believer that society plays a huge role in what we think of "love" and marriage. Reasons to get married are also impacted by our society and "social norms". Even though we'd like to think otherwise. I also thought it was interesting when you talked about different races marrying, because years ago it was seen as different to marry one of a different race. Well know, with all this technology to skype, or tinder, or match.com, we can meet people from different countries and have easier access to them. MacD001
I also agree with your point of view. Societal expectations are a large factor in the equation of marriage. Society helps influence who to marry, when to marry, how many children to have, and how to share finances. Our popular culture helps people form their perceptions of marriage in one way or another. Whether we realize it or not society is a larger factor in marriage and love than we like to believe. FireFan001
I think there are so many different stereotypes about getting married young then almost all stereotypes iv heard of. I think that maybe some of them may be true while others are not so true. “Its doomed to end in divorce”, I disagree with that, I personally know many people that have gotten married in their 20s and they are still married today, I think a lot of it has to do with one’s morals and how committed they really are to the marriage. On the other hand, a lot of the stereotypes that are listed in this article seem to be young kids making a fast decision and hurrying to get married without much thought at all, and they may be why more people in there 20s end up with a divorce. “its for the benefits”, this one really hits close with me because while I was in the military I witnessed many woman getting with guys for the benefits that came with getting married and most times they never lasted long. GRUNT001
I agree that some young kids get married to quickly without thinking about it. The results usually end in divorce because the more you get to really know a person, there might be some habits that they have that you just can not live with. I also have seen multiple young couples get married just because they loved the idea of getting married not because they truly loved each other and wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. Those are the types of marriages that keep the young marriage leads to divorce stereotype alive.
I agree with you how some stereotypes are true especially the benefits one, since I know quite a few people personally who marry into the military for the benefits. But on the other hand, I do not think it is fair how some people judge and are so negative by saying things like "it's doomed to end in divorce," when that might not be the truth at all. chicagoblackhawks001
I also know many people who have married in their 20s and are still married today, so I don’t believe that young couples getting married is “doomed to end in divorce” either. I can also agree with your thoughts on the fact that, seemingly, a lot of young couples get married without giving it a lot of thought beforehand; which would definitely lead to a better chance of getting divorced. It’s rather sad that many people will marry purely for the benefits that come from the other person, but I have definitely seen this happen a time or two as well. Caffeinated001
I agree with you 100%. I think that too many kids get married, without even thinking about it. And, a lot do end up getting a divorce. I think, this young marriage starts off at is in high school. Girls fall in love with someone in high school, and think he's the one. And, then find out in the marriage that he isn't. Superkid001
I believe that marrying young is taboo in this day of age, even though it used to be a very normal occurrence years and years ago. There are many ‘excuses’ people use to not marry young as journalist Emily Grover discusses, such as for an unplanned pregnancy, for benefits, on a ‘whim’, sacrificing one’s future, unable to be independent, and or eventually ending in divorce. Sociological research is a study that is conducted by a social scientist that helps us understand why some things are the way they are, and if they would research young married couples, maybe there wouldn’t be so many stereotypes. I am not an expert at success and divorce rates in young married couples, but I feel people should not judge others based on their decisions, and just be happy that they are happy. We can marry at age 18, so I don’t know why some people feel so sensitive about couples marrying in their early 20s. chicagoblackhawks001
I agree its not like young people just jump the gun and marry someone because they've been texting for two months. Once you've gotten to see each other for who they are, that's all that really matters. Pineapples001
In my opinion the world is trying it's best to portray an image of marriage and marrying young, as a absurd, or unwise. I think social media plays a huge role on how we as couples or even all the awesome singles out there, view marriage. Unfortunately it does an incredible job at convincing us that these (and many other)stereotypes are indeed, correct. I can say that I was easily convinced by a few of these at one point in my relationship. But later learned that they were farthest from truth when I tested them to my beliefs and values. I think that's why some relationships may fail. It may be a stretch but if not kept pursuing each other, keeping each other accountable in areas, perhaps couples (whether in dating or marriage) get easily entangled in actually believing all these stereotypes and thus.. things get messy. MacD001
Based off of the generation we have now and what we will have in the future, I can see why some of these stereotypes might be true in some cases for people of the social media. The top one of those are because of pregnancy. Those teenagers are the ones who usually have witnessed a divorced parenthood their selves and don’t wish that for their future child. Some can also be in love and want to create a life together. But as usual someone will find a way to rain on someone’s parade to make them look bad because they make a mistake or two in the process. One thing the social media leaves out when downing others for the mistakes is mentioning that no one is perfect and errors are simply ways to make us stronger. Having that person beside you when stuff hits the fan makes things a lot stronger in your relationship and can be a strong confirmation that your marriage can last forever. A lot of people think you need to date for a certain amount of time as well before you get married which is another thing I don’t agree with. If you’re in love and respects each other’s goals in life it doesn’t matter about a certain amount of time you should make things easy for yourself and not listen to what others have to say. Pineapples001
I agree that the amount of time you are with a person does not always reflect on the quality of marriage. There are many cases of marriages lasting a lifetime and the couple having a perfectly happy marriage when they only knew each other a few months before marriage. And there are also many cases of marriage ending in divorce when the couples have been in relationships for years before finally tying the knot. There are so many factors in relationships so to put a lot of emphasis on the amount of time people knew each other before getting married isn’t understandable to me. Sleepyhead001
Stereotype about marrying young is everywhere. Because in the society right now people tend to study in university and college. After graduated it's already around twenty-two to twenty-four. If somebody married before that age people will think there might be something wrong for these young people to make this kind of decision before they graduated. You can't deny that some of them might be truth but some people are truly understand what are they doing. because of the capitalism and what media show to us, people tend to consider things base on benefit and something like that. in my opinion, everybody have the rights to choose their future and we should have a open mind to see the real reason about anybody's marriage. Magnus001
The term “cultural lag” is relatively new to me. I don't recall ever hearing it before discussing it in class. However, the concept is something I am familiar with. In class we debated the topic of in vitro fertilization and tied that into the topic of cultural lag. I found this very interesting and thought it was extremely helpful in grasping the concept of the term. Cultural lag is when a societies nonmaterial culture doesn't develop at the same rate as their material culture does. In this example about in vitro fertilization, the technology has allowed us to put someone else's baby in a woman who isn't the biological mother. With this new advancement, comes many other moral issues. The questions of what really defines motherhood comes into play when there are custody issues in this situation. Societies everywhere change and develop all the time. We are creating new technologies everyday all around the world. With this, we need to be prepared as a people to work together to keep up with these advances. Saur001
Sociological research has most definitely brought more understanding to the patterns of marriages today – yet I don’t believe that all of the blanket statements that have been decided are completely true. The stereotype of marring young is definitely a big one in this case. It’s been found that the younger a couple is when they get married the more likely they are to get divorced; not to mention may people say that “marrying young is like leaving the party at 9” which I also find to be a statement that’s not fully true. I personally know multiple couples that have gotten married within their 20s that are still together, and happy, today. I believe that social media plays a huge roll when it comes to these stereotypes and how people (single people or couples) view the idea of marriage. To which I would also say that it plays a huge role in making us believe that these stereotypes are in fact completely true – when Professor White has said many, many times and multiple others would argue that there are always anomalies to every situation. Caffeinated001
This article was very interesting, and an eye opener. In my opinion, you should be able to get married at any age. I don't think we should let other people to tell was what we can and shouldn't do. I know that are many stereotypes out there. Now, it seems like teenagers are getting married much faster than an adult. They aren't putting to much thought into it, at all. I think its a lot of peer pressure being brought into this also. It also seem like if you rush into it, you'll end up getting a divorce. I believe some of these stereotypes are ture, but some are just based on opinions. Some of this is based off of there parents marriage, and seeing there parents getting a divorce. In there head they think they can do better, but cant. Superkid001
I agree with all that you are saying honestly but I also think that yopur first comment should have a little more detail. Any age? I would say over a certain age or something of the. But I do like how you said you based it off of what your parents did. I think that is extremely common. To do what you see others close to you do. Yatchy001
Marriage at a young age is something that is looked down upon so greatly in our society. I know many people who have married young and continue to be just as happy years later because they are in love. I also know many adults that have gotten multiple divorces when marrying at a more “acceptable” age. Marriage is something that needs to be looked at through different surveys rather than simple statistics of divorce rates due to the fact that, like we discussed in class, the majority of people are not marrying solely because they are in love, if even at all. People are marrying people who run in the same social circles and who can provide for them whatever it is they are seeking. One of the points mentioned in the article is how couples in their early twenties have a twenty percent divorce rate, yet couple in their late twenties have just a five percent lower rate. This is a prime example of how marriage can not be looked at as irresponsible and always ending badly if at a young age, marriage is unpredictable and can only withstand if there is love followed by the other main factors. Aloha001
It upsets me that the six stereotypes about marrying young are stereotypical to young people when those same six reasons could apply to marriages at any age. Older adults can possibly think they are very knowledgeable just because of their number of years on Earth. With this false sense of superiority those older adults think they can judge younger adults for getting married so hastily and stereotype them. Or older adults possibly make those same mistakes thinking they are too smart to get involved with a person that they would end up divorcing. When over 50% of marriages end up in divorce it is confusing why divorce is stereotyped to younger people when it is obviously not all younger couples creating that statistic. Also some of the listed reasons young people get married have nothing to do with love such as 2. “It’s for benefits” and 5. “you aren’t able to be independent”. I think younger people are more likely to believe in love and believe in soulmates than older people so it's surprising those are stereotyped to young adults. Sleepyhead001
Marriage is treated much less serious in our day than it used to be. Kids young and old are just getting married thinking they are in love or meant to be with someone they most of the time dont even truly know. You must take time and be with that person now what they are doping and make sure that they are the correct fit for you. Post Marriage is almost impossible to predict. Men and women change completely when they are married and that is why the divorces happen. Marriage should not be rushed... You should take your time being single but do give each person that you see something in a legitament chance. Yatchy001
Marriage at a young age is portrayed as bad to our past generations but a good thing to our society. The media is saying that marriage and sex is good by all the television shows that have come out that have sex and marriage in them. I personally have been told by my gynecologist that having children at a younger age is beneficial to the child because it decreases their chance of having down syndrome or ADD or ADHD. Our past generations say its bad but our society says different. Rie001
So many of us give these stereotypes to marrying young. Some think that it will ruin a person’s life. In my opinion, these stereotypes about marrying young are not true. People act like marrying young is like ending your freedom, but actually that is not it at all. If you marry someone for the right reasons and know that they are the one, you will only be happier and stronger in life’s endeavors. Being with someone who supports you in achieving your goals and who makes you want to be the best version of yourself that you can be is not a bad thing what so ever. It will make things easier knowing you have such a supporter, especially when you are trying to pursue your professional goals. And if you love someone enough to marry them, then going through your life experiences is only that much better with them around.
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I agree that marrying young isn't as bad as people make it out to be, but there are statistics that show that people who marry young are more likely to get divorced. In the book it talks about how people are more likely to marry people from their own social class and who share similar values as them. I think that being young sometimes means that you are still finding your place in society and deciding what you believe. If you get married when you still haven't found your place or beliefs, and then those beliefs change, that causes a lot of conflict and probably has something to do with why marriage among young people is not always successful. HAL001
DeleteI agree with you, growing up as a young man I was always told getting married young will ruin my life and I would not be able to accomplish the things in life I would have been able to if I was not married.
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Marrying young is absolutely something that is looked at as typically being such a negative situation to get yourself into. All of the reasons you have listed are so true and that is definitely what everyone should be looking for in a partner. With that being said, based on my previous knowledge and what we have discussed in class, a lot of times people are getting married for reasons other than simply love which is what would make that point valid. Aloha001
DeleteSociological research is the key to better understand the many aspects of society. Sociological research could be described as qualitative and quantitative research that follows a systematic plan. Sociological research includes ethnography, case studies, and serves. All these research methods would be appropriate to study marriage. Marriage is a legal contract that includes shared economic use and sexual access. Marriage is such an intimate part of one’s life and the ability to launch deep investigation my present problems. The symbolic approach is probably the best way to collect research about marriage. This approach would utilize research conversations between married couples or groups of married couples to collect information. Other methods would better suit unique types of marriage like arranged marriages or polygamy. These “different” forms of marriage would lend themselves to an in depth ethnography. The most important part to realize is that marriage is a sensitive subject and subjects may not want to divulge their entire life. No matter how large or small the investigation, it is always important to keep ethical concerns in mind. FireFan001
ReplyDeleteI like sociology and psychology because they take thing like love and marriage and try to explain them rationally and scientifically, when most people don't think that love or marriage are either of those things. But, in fact, what we call “love” and the reason we get married is greatly affected by society. Like Lillian Rubin's study, for example, where she found that higher-income women looked for more sensitive me while lower-income women looked for non-violent, hard-working men. This is because higher-income women are less concerned with money in a relationship than lower-income women and therefore they can focus more on emotional security than financial security. Like social-class narrows most people's selection, so does proximity. Especially before online dating, people rarely marry someone tat lives in a different part of the world. This is both because they are never exposed to each other and also because of differences in values and culture. I think sociological studies on marriage help make relationships between two people less complicated and so they are a positive thing. HAL001
ReplyDeleteike you, I am a firm believer that society plays a huge role in what we think of "love" and marriage. Reasons to get married are also impacted by our society and "social norms". Even though we'd like to think otherwise. I also thought it was interesting when you talked about different races marrying, because years ago it was seen as different to marry one of a different race. Well know, with all this technology to skype, or tinder, or match.com, we can meet people from different countries and have easier access to them. MacD001
DeleteI also agree with your point of view. Societal expectations are a large factor in the equation of marriage. Society helps influence who to marry, when to marry, how many children to have, and how to share finances. Our popular culture helps people form their perceptions of marriage in one way or another. Whether we realize it or not society is a larger factor in marriage and love than we like to believe. FireFan001
DeleteI think there are so many different stereotypes about getting married young then almost all stereotypes iv heard of. I think that maybe some of them may be true while others are not so true. “Its doomed to end in divorce”, I disagree with that, I personally know many people that have gotten married in their 20s and they are still married today, I think a lot of it has to do with one’s morals and how committed they really are to the marriage. On the other hand, a lot of the stereotypes that are listed in this article seem to be young kids making a fast decision and hurrying to get married without much thought at all, and they may be why more people in there 20s end up with a divorce. “its for the benefits”, this one really hits close with me because while I was in the military I witnessed many woman getting with guys for the benefits that came with getting married and most times they never lasted long.
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I agree that some young kids get married to quickly without thinking about it. The results usually end in divorce because the more you get to really know a person, there might be some habits that they have that you just can not live with. I also have seen multiple young couples get married just because they loved the idea of getting married not because they truly loved each other and wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. Those are the types of marriages that keep the young marriage leads to divorce stereotype alive.
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I agree with you how some stereotypes are true especially the benefits one, since I know quite a few people personally who marry into the military for the benefits. But on the other hand, I do not think it is fair how some people judge and are so negative by saying things like "it's doomed to end in divorce," when that might not be the truth at all. chicagoblackhawks001
DeleteI also know many people who have married in their 20s and are still married today, so I don’t believe that young couples getting married is “doomed to end in divorce” either. I can also agree with your thoughts on the fact that, seemingly, a lot of young couples get married without giving it a lot of thought beforehand; which would definitely lead to a better chance of getting divorced. It’s rather sad that many people will marry purely for the benefits that come from the other person, but I have definitely seen this happen a time or two as well. Caffeinated001
DeleteI agree with you 100%. I think that too many kids get married, without even thinking about it. And, a lot do end up getting a divorce. I think, this young marriage starts off at is in high school. Girls fall in love with someone in high school, and think he's the one. And, then find out in the marriage that he isn't.
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I believe that marrying young is taboo in this day of age, even though it used to be a very normal occurrence years and years ago. There are many ‘excuses’ people use to not marry young as journalist Emily Grover discusses, such as for an unplanned pregnancy, for benefits, on a ‘whim’, sacrificing one’s future, unable to be independent, and or eventually ending in divorce. Sociological research is a study that is conducted by a social scientist that helps us understand why some things are the way they are, and if they would research young married couples, maybe there wouldn’t be so many stereotypes. I am not an expert at success and divorce rates in young married couples, but I feel people should not judge others based on their decisions, and just be happy that they are happy. We can marry at age 18, so I don’t know why some people feel so sensitive about couples marrying in their early 20s. chicagoblackhawks001
ReplyDeleteI agree its not like young people just jump the gun and marry someone because they've been texting for two months. Once you've gotten to see each other for who they are, that's all that really matters. Pineapples001
DeleteIn my opinion the world is trying it's best to portray an image of marriage and marrying young, as a absurd, or unwise. I think social media plays a huge role on how we as couples or even all the awesome singles out there, view marriage. Unfortunately it does an incredible job at convincing us that these (and many other)stereotypes are indeed, correct. I can say that I was easily convinced by a few of these at one point in my relationship. But later learned that they were farthest from truth when I tested them to my beliefs and values. I think that's why some relationships may fail. It may be a stretch but if not kept pursuing each other, keeping each other accountable in areas, perhaps couples (whether in dating or marriage) get easily entangled in actually believing all these stereotypes and thus.. things get messy. MacD001
ReplyDeleteBased off of the generation we have now and what we will have in the future, I can see why some of these stereotypes might be true in some cases for people of the social media. The top one of those are because of pregnancy. Those teenagers are the ones who usually have witnessed a divorced parenthood their selves and don’t wish that for their future child. Some can also be in love and want to create a life together. But as usual someone will find a way to rain on someone’s parade to make them look bad because they make a mistake or two in the process. One thing the social media leaves out when downing others for the mistakes is mentioning that no one is perfect and errors are simply ways to make us stronger. Having that person beside you when stuff hits the fan makes things a lot stronger in your relationship and can be a strong confirmation that your marriage can last forever. A lot of people think you need to date for a certain amount of time as well before you get married which is another thing I don’t agree with. If you’re in love and respects each other’s goals in life it doesn’t matter about a certain amount of time you should make things easy for yourself and not listen to what others have to say. Pineapples001
ReplyDeleteI agree that the amount of time you are with a person does not always reflect on the quality of marriage. There are many cases of marriages lasting a lifetime and the couple having a perfectly happy marriage when they only knew each other a few months before marriage. And there are also many cases of marriage ending in divorce when the couples have been in relationships for years before finally tying the knot. There are so many factors in relationships so to put a lot of emphasis on the amount of time people knew each other before getting married isn’t understandable to me. Sleepyhead001
DeleteStereotype about marrying young is everywhere. Because in the society right now people tend to study in university and college. After graduated it's already around twenty-two to twenty-four. If somebody married before that age people will think there might be something wrong for these young people to make this kind of decision before they graduated. You can't deny that some of them might be truth but some people are truly understand what are they doing. because of the capitalism and what media show to us, people tend to consider things base on benefit and something like that. in my opinion, everybody have the rights to choose their future and we should have a open mind to see the real reason about anybody's marriage. Magnus001
ReplyDeleteThe term “cultural lag” is relatively new to me. I don't recall ever hearing it before discussing it in class. However, the concept is something I am familiar with. In class we debated the topic of in vitro fertilization and tied that into the topic of cultural lag. I found this very interesting and thought it was extremely helpful in grasping the concept of the term. Cultural lag is when a societies nonmaterial culture doesn't develop at the same rate as their material culture does. In this example about in vitro fertilization, the technology has allowed us to put someone else's baby in a woman who isn't the biological mother. With this new advancement, comes many other moral issues. The questions of what really defines motherhood comes into play when there are custody issues in this situation. Societies everywhere change and develop all the time. We are creating new technologies everyday all around the world. With this, we need to be prepared as a people to work together to keep up with these advances. Saur001
ReplyDeleteSociological research has most definitely brought more understanding to the patterns of marriages today – yet I don’t believe that all of the blanket statements that have been decided are completely true. The stereotype of marring young is definitely a big one in this case. It’s been found that the younger a couple is when they get married the more likely they are to get divorced; not to mention may people say that “marrying young is like leaving the party at 9” which I also find to be a statement that’s not fully true. I personally know multiple couples that have gotten married within their 20s that are still together, and happy, today. I believe that social media plays a huge roll when it comes to these stereotypes and how people (single people or couples) view the idea of marriage. To which I would also say that it plays a huge role in making us believe that these stereotypes are in fact completely true – when Professor White has said many, many times and multiple others would argue that there are always anomalies to every situation. Caffeinated001
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting, and an eye opener. In my opinion, you should be able to get married at any age. I don't think we should let other people to tell was what we can and shouldn't do. I know that are many stereotypes out there. Now, it seems like teenagers are getting married much faster than an adult. They aren't putting to much thought into it, at all. I think its a lot of peer pressure being brought into this also. It also seem like if you rush into it, you'll end up getting a divorce. I believe some of these stereotypes are ture, but some are just based on opinions. Some of this is based off of there parents marriage, and seeing there parents getting a divorce. In there head they think they can do better, but cant.
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I agree with all that you are saying honestly but I also think that yopur first comment should have a little more detail. Any age? I would say over a certain age or something of the. But I do like how you said you based it off of what your parents did. I think that is extremely common. To do what you see others close to you do. Yatchy001
DeleteMarriage at a young age is something that is looked down upon so greatly in our society. I know many people who have married young and continue to be just as happy years later because they are in love. I also know many adults that have gotten multiple divorces when marrying at a more “acceptable” age. Marriage is something that needs to be looked at through different surveys rather than simple statistics of divorce rates due to the fact that, like we discussed in class, the majority of people are not marrying solely because they are in love, if even at all. People are marrying people who run in the same social circles and who can provide for them whatever it is they are seeking. One of the points mentioned in the article is how couples in their early twenties have a twenty percent divorce rate, yet couple in their late twenties have just a five percent lower rate. This is a prime example of how marriage can not be looked at as irresponsible and always ending badly if at a young age, marriage is unpredictable and can only withstand if there is love followed by the other main factors. Aloha001
ReplyDeleteIt upsets me that the six stereotypes about marrying young are stereotypical to young people when those same six reasons could apply to marriages at any age. Older adults can possibly think they are very knowledgeable just because of their number of years on Earth. With this false sense of superiority those older adults think they can judge younger adults for getting married so hastily and stereotype them. Or older adults possibly make those same mistakes thinking they are too smart to get involved with a person that they would end up divorcing. When over 50% of marriages end up in divorce it is confusing why divorce is stereotyped to younger people when it is obviously not all younger couples creating that statistic. Also some of the listed reasons young people get married have nothing to do with love such as 2. “It’s for benefits” and 5. “you aren’t able to be independent”. I think younger people are more likely to believe in love and believe in soulmates than older people so it's surprising those are stereotyped to young adults. Sleepyhead001
ReplyDeleteMarriage is treated much less serious in our day than it used to be. Kids young and old are just getting married thinking they are in love or meant to be with someone they most of the time dont even truly know. You must take time and be with that person now what they are doping and make sure that they are the correct fit for you. Post Marriage is almost impossible to predict. Men and women change completely when they are married and that is why the divorces happen. Marriage should not be rushed... You should take your time being single but do give each person that you see something in a legitament chance. Yatchy001
ReplyDeleteMarriage at a young age is portrayed as bad to our past generations but a good thing to our society. The media is saying that marriage and sex is good by all the television shows that have come out that have sex and marriage in them. I personally have been told by my gynecologist that having children at a younger age is beneficial to the child because it decreases their chance of having down syndrome or ADD or ADHD. Our past generations say its bad but our society says different. Rie001
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