{"id":247378,"date":"2023-06-10T20:18:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=247378"},"modified":"2023-06-10T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T14:49:13","slug":"a-short-guide-to-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-short-guide-to-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Guide To Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>A Short Guide To Marriage<\/strong>\u201d published in The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a010th<\/sup> June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 1 \u2013 Indian Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>About the evolving meaning of marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The term marriage has evolved with the time. The present meaning of marriage differs from the past meanings.<\/p>\n

How does the current meaning of marriage differ from the past?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The phrase marriage is now used to describe relationships between two individuals. However, historically, marriages were meant to unite families.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Further, the concept of marriage, which is understood today, can be confusing at both interpersonal and legal levels because expectations of couples in a marital union have evolved.<\/p>\n

Moreover, marriages in the past have always been alliances negotiated by families rather than two individuals.<\/p>\n

Even though marriage practices differed from societies to societies, one thing that remained common was that families were given privilege, not individuals.<\/p>\n

Therefore, when two people got married, they connected with the entire family together.<\/p>\n

However, this notion has changed today.<\/strong> The modern romantic unions may not truly be considered traditional marriages. It may be called a new social practice which is yet to be fully understood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What were the objectives of traditional marriage?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Traditionally, the primary objective of marriage was to bring families together in order to expand their influence, wealth, and security in the present and future.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This meant that heterosexual couples were expected to fulfill their duty of producing children, as it was not considered optional.<\/p>\n

Further, since marriages were aimed at increasing the families\u2019 reach in society, it was forbidden to marry certain categories of kin. These types of marriages were considered as incest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moreover, the kinsfolk with whom marriages are disallowed differ from society to society. For example,<\/strong> in some states in northern India, marriage between those who have a common great grandfather is not permitted.<\/p>\n

Among the seven vows in Hindu marriage<\/strong>, there are at least three where the couple promise to look after their elders and a fifth one to produce and take care of their own progeny.<\/p>\n

In Islam<\/strong>, from the early ritual of Imam Zamin among Shias right up to nikaah, the families of the bride and groom are closely involved.<\/p>\n

Similarly, in Europe,<\/strong> until the late 18th century, parents would arrange betrothals for their children from infancy.<\/p>\n

In traditional societies, the question of marriage was never solely driven by pure romance.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hence, when dating emerged as a practice, many moralists in 19th-century America, including some feminists, believed that it posed a threat to morality.<\/p>\n

They feared that this would undermine families and lead to an increase in abortions, if people were given the freedom to pursue romantic relationships.<\/p>\n

What can be the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The increasing prevalence of romantic unions between two individuals represents a significant shift in modern history.<\/p>\n

Labelling these unions as “marriages” can challenge the traditional perception<\/strong> on family-centric considerations such as restrictions on who one can marry, inheritance rights, and the notion of legitimate offspring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cA Short Guide To Marriage\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a010th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 1 \u2013 Indian Society Relevance: About the evolving meaning of marriage News: The term marriage has evolved with the time. The present meaning of marriage differs from the past meanings. How does… Continue reading A Short Guide To Marriage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,10496],"class_list":["post-247378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}