Doing What Works
Throughout our class discussions while reading Coontz's Marriage, a History, we continually went back to the fact that regardless of if your expectations of marriage m atch that of societies it is important to do what works in your marriage to help to make it work. This fact helped me decide what portion of the book to analyze.
Coontz's Research Found:
"Some people argue that marriage is universal because it simply expresses the biological urge to mate and reproduce (Page 24)."
Coont's Arguement:
"So once we get past the seemingly universality of marriage and examine the tremendous variations in the role it plays in different societies, it becomes much harder to define marriage and its reason for existence (Page 26)."
Plausible?:
I explained and supported in my analysis that her arguement is plausible as well as correct.
*Everyone has a different expectation of how marriage should be.
*Those expectations might be different than what society says marriage should be.
Examples:
*Ghost or Spirit Marriages (Page 27)
*"Female Husbands" (Page 27)
*Ashanti of Ghana & Minangkabua of Indonesia - Men continue to live with mothers and sisters even after marriage. (Page 26)
Coontz's Research Found:
"Some people argue that marriage is universal because it simply expresses the biological urge to mate and reproduce (Page 24)."
Coont's Arguement:
"So once we get past the seemingly universality of marriage and examine the tremendous variations in the role it plays in different societies, it becomes much harder to define marriage and its reason for existence (Page 26)."
Plausible?:
I explained and supported in my analysis that her arguement is plausible as well as correct.
*Everyone has a different expectation of how marriage should be.
*Those expectations might be different than what society says marriage should be.
Examples:
*Ghost or Spirit Marriages (Page 27)
*"Female Husbands" (Page 27)
*Ashanti of Ghana & Minangkabua of Indonesia - Men continue to live with mothers and sisters even after marriage. (Page 26)