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A 4 page essay that presents both pro and con arguments on marriage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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marriage is an outmoded institution. Nevertheless, it remains possible to take a strong position both pro and con towards marriage, and the following essay offers arguments both for and against
marriage before providing concluding comments. Con English common law states, "the husband and wife are one and that one is the husband" (Whitehead and Whitehead 120). As this indicates,
a patriarchal view of marriage views this institution in terms of the predominance of the husband. Until the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries, women in Western society had virtually no legal
rights. Not only were they denied basic human rights, such as the right to education, but married women were not allowed to own property in their own name. The societal
paradigm saw girls as the responsibility of their fathers until they married and then they were regarded as legally synonymous with their husbands who were then responsible for their welfare
There are many women today who forego marriage precisely because of negative connotations that linger which are derived from the legacy of patriarchy and its message that marriage, for
a woman, equates to relinquishing her own identity, as she assumes both the last name and an intimate association with her husbands identity and life role. McGowan relates how she
entertained an Indian couple at her home and the table conversation focused in the institution of marriage. Smita, the Indian wife, argued that "marriage was nothing more than a convenience,
a way to avoid the censure of society" and "that if two people were willing to commit their lives to each other, then marriage was an unnecessary formality, signifying
nothing" (McGowan 83). Pro In her essay, McGowan disagrees with her guests opinion. She argues that by simply "knowing that one is married, that one has promised-before God an
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