The Pros And Cons Of Conjugal Marriage

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Family comes in different forms, it can be in a form of marriage, the two families united by marriage become one family. It can be in the form of sexual union or reproduction whereby a male and a female sleep together and have children it is said they are making a family. Anthropologists have their own belief on what a family is, to them an idea of a household is different to that of a family, because to them a household is a physical component that brings people together under one space. Whereas in their argument they greatly argue that a family does not have to be under one roof or in one space. Household to them is more of how a family is groomed to live together, basically their living arrangements. Whereas on the other side family grooms …show more content…

Basically what the author is saying is that in this union, the man and woman share duties, they share labor, they work together in order for them to produce something. Secondly, Ferraro says the nature of marriage is based on family and sexuality and breaks it down into three elements which are: A union of sexual nature, marriage is or has to have sexual relations in order to have children and for the family to grow. Some societies nowadays, sexual union is done by anyone at any married couple. Permanence , marriage involves permanent nature and requires the couple to reside together, but at times married couples can reside in different places but the union will still be valid since it is contracted on a permanent. Division of labor, a married couple should always share, help each other out in order to …show more content…

Anthropological studies of kinship and marriage can also provide an understanding that within any society marriage and the family will change over time. It is within these new dimensions of family variations and choice as a basis of kinship that I think the legalization of same sex marriage. In contrast, modern society is increasingly adopting what we call a revisionist view of marriage, whereby the union of the marriage is the personal fulfillment of the spouses. The revisionist view of marriage prioritizes romantic love and sexual companionship as primary features of marriage, with procreation based entirely on the preference of the spouses. Furthermore, the conjugal view holds that marriage is a union between a man and a woman who share a domestic life oriented towards child-bearing and child-rearing. In other words, procreation is the unifying good of a marriage relationship. A “unifying good” is that most completely unites the partners in the relationship, the purpose towards which they coordinate their joint

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