Kim has just signed her divorce papers and cannot hide the sadness and confusion she feels. Two years ago everyone told her living with her boyfriend was a great idea. They said she would be able to get to know him better and see if marriage would work. She trusted her friends and thought that since everyone else was doing it that it must be the wisest choice. What went wrong? Why was she unhappy with her marriage even after getting to know her husband through cohabitation? Would things have been different if she had not listened to her friends and everyone else around her? Couples are choosing to live together before marriage or instead of marriage more often as the years go by. Cohabitation outside of marriage results in an unhealthy situation for children, less commitment to the relationship, and causes problems if the couple does decide to marry.
One of the problems that cohabitation (living together romantically outside of marriage) causes is an unhealthy living situation for children. Katherine Kersten, Senior Fellow at the Center of American Experiment, says children living in a cohabiting home with their mother and her boyfriend versus a home with their married parents are eleven times more likely to be abused emotionally, physically, or sexually (Kersten, 2013). This is generally because the boyfriend does not feel emotionally tied to the child because it is not his own. Linda J. Waite (2000), a marriage research and sociologist, says in her article about cohabitation that, “When it comes to hitting, shoving, and throwing things cohabiting couples are more than three times more likely than the married to say things get that far out of hand” (p. 3). It may be argued that cohabitation is better for children tha...
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August Wilson wrote the play Fences in 1983, the setting of the play was in 1950s. During the 1950’s women were supposed to find and husband, get married then stay home and take care of the house. The male role in the 1950’s was to provide for his family make sure he had a paying job. In Fences Troy and Rose Maxson are the perfect characters for these stereo types. After analyzing this play many themes became observable. Troy, Rose, Bono and Cory all go through situation where they have to deal with Duty, responsibility, limitations, and opportunity. Troy is the protagonist in the play; he lifts garbage into trucks for a career. Troy use to play baseball for the Negro Leagues. Rose is his wife and he has three children Lyons, Cory and Raynell.
At the same time as Lamb learned about the moral system that ties families together, she also explained about the concern that people in Mangaldihi had in regards to weakening of family connections (Lamb 2000, p.70). This is explained through a series of events including family conflicts and modernity. Many conflicts can be seen after marriage. As new member of another family usually the bride moves into the husbands household. The new status of married couples can cause tension between mother and son, mother in law and daughter in law (bou), father and son, but also between mother and daughter (Lamb 2000, p.71). The relationship between mother and daughter in law seems to generates the most problems. It is said that the bond between a mother
One of the most common uncertainties couples go through nowadays is making the decision of moving in with their significant other before marriage. In spite of the fact that, most religions disapprove this kind of act, couples believe that this will help their relationship lead into the direction of marriage. This is not always true. A woman named Meg Gay writes an excellent article in The New York Times called, “The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage.” Her point is straight to it because her opinion is stated in the title of her article. Meg Gay is a clinical psychologist at the University of Virginia, who confesses about one of her own clients stories about cohabiting and a failed marriage because of it. Her intended audience seems to be for people who may be in a relationship, or couples who are thinking about cohabitating before getting married with their partner. She definitely makes an impression on her readers to second guess themselves about the idea of cohabiting with their partners so that they will have a successful marriage, not just a temporary partner.
Thornton A. 1991. Influence of the marital history of parents on the marital and cohabitation experiences of children. Am. J. Sociol. 96:868 94
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Wendt, Sarah, et al. “The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements: The experiences and views of children and adults from families who separated post-1995 and post-2006.” Family Matters 2010: p49-61
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