Marriage isn’t necessary anymore.
For much of recorded history, marriage has been an agreement between a
man and a woman as a means of social survival. In order to acceptably produce
children and obtain status, a man would marry a woman.
The woman would in turn marry a man in order to survive both socially
and financially. Since women rarely worked, the men were expected to provide
money for basic needs. For the most part, this is not the case for people
anymore.
A couple generations ago, women were stay-at-home mothers who welcomed
back their husbands from long, hard days of work.
As society has progressed, women have been given the opportunity to make
a name for themselves, both in the workplace and society in general.
This eliminates the societal need and desire for getting married. Women
can earn their own money and hire others to take care of their children during
their workday.
Now it appears to be that marriage has become more of a sacred and
emotional agreement. People are marrying for the sake of having a partner to be
emotional with – so no one feels lonely.
However, in 2010, Time Magazinewrote an article disputing that notion
about marriage, stating that “what we found is that marriage, whatever its
social, spiritual or symbolic appeal, is in purely practical terms just not as
necessary as it used to be.”
Sexual relationships, success in the workforce and children can all be
had outside of marriage while still being acceptable by the majority of
society.
In regards to parenting, one out
of four children is born into a single-parent family. America has the highest
rate of single-parent births than any other developed country in the world.
The percentage rises every year. Out of these families, most of the
parents are employed in stable jobs and provide for their children.
Being a single parent, while difficult, is not as impossible as it used
to be. Single fathers and mothers receive discounts, tax write-offs and other
benefits to assist them in raising children.
Though being single can have many benefits, marriage is not bad by any
means. If two people want to get married and can make it work, they should get
married. Marriage can be a wonderful and rewarding commitment.
About seven percent of undergraduate college students are married. The
number rises as the age goes up. The older the student, the more likely they
are to be married. Many of those couples are happy and remain together.
However, the fact is that marriage is just not as necessary in modern
society as it was in past times. Women do not need to rely on men in order to
survive. Women can get jobs.
Both genders can work as partners rather than playing the provider and
dependent roles. Both men and women have a choice now.
http://www.uccsscribe.com/opinion/social-norms-make-marriage-unnecessary-in-modern-society-1.2781801
Becaue of the gender equality
in this era, the women could work and fulfill their needs, they dont have to
depended to the man anymore. in this case the woman thought they dont have to
married. Moreover the promiscuity of the young generation is acceptable in the
societies, so the young generation also thought when they mature.
