Essays on Arranged Marriage

Arranged Marriages: A Practiced Tradition When one reads the headline above, one probably pauses and rereads it ensuring that you are reading it correctly. Some people believe that this isn’t still happening today, but it is. Arranged marriages are an integral parts of Asian culture...

As young as eight years old you can marry off your daughters in Yemen (Clymer 2013). This is a sad fact and for Nada AL-Ahdal an eleven year old Yemen girl this is the truth of their society. Clymer a writer and social equality advocate...

According to the article, “Arranging a Marriage in India,” written by Serena Nanda, almost all marraiges in India are arranged. The bride and groom might engage in a brief conversation before marrying, but most of the time, the bride and groom do not meet each...

According to Myers: ‘Marriage is an important institution in almost all societies in the world. In the United States, for example, over 90% of persons choose to marry at some point in their lives. The results of numerous studies suggest that people tend to be...

Cultural Artifact The film Arranged (2007) illustrates the modern day lives of an Orthodox Jewish woman named Rochel Meshenberg and a Muslim woman named Nasira Khaldi, who, despite their religious differences and what society thinks, become friends while teaching fourth grade in New York. Along...

Dating on the DL and Arranged Marriages The excerpt “Dating on the DL and Arranged Marriages,” from Desi Land by Shalini Shankar, describes the dating habits of the Desi teen. Shankar uses a myriad of examples to describe the nominal amount of dating that occurs...

The pressing issue of child marriage continues to be a dominant oppressive matter in African females. Males are powered in cultural ways that females in Africa will never be able to currently achieve. Girls tend to be pulled out of school during a critical age...