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Marriage in America & in India

The last two decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the role of women in society, particularly in the Western world. The struggle for equality in the workplace and the homefront has led to changes within the very structure of the world community. However, for women of the developing countries the rewards of the fight have not filtered down to the populace, but rather have remained among the educated and upper class. Many of these women, however, must still practice their country' s traditional roles and are the most pressured by financial and social structures.

In the United States the institution of marriage has felt the repercussions from change. Not only the rituals and traditions surrounding the event, but the intentions and attitudes toward married life are today a reflection of the past thirty years. The purpose of this paper will be to look at marriage in America and its areas of influence when compared to India's views of marriage today, which while considered a world leader, is still for all intents and purposes a developing country. Each nation's approach to marriage is grounded in religious, cultural and societal traditions and experiences.

The union of marriage is a complex of impulses and habits imbedded in man's very nature and is an integral part of every culture (Queen, 1974, p. 6). And, though it shares elements in common, as a way of life, it has no single, uniform pattern and has tremendous variations in structure, life cycle, controls and function (Queen, 1974, p. 6). Some of these elements include the relation of the nuclear family to the extended family; the modes of marital selection; inheritance practices; the role of children; divorce; monogamy vs. promiscuity; and the role of men and women within the family and in society as a married couple. As the research will show, the comparisons between Indian and United States practices are in many cases diametrically opposed.

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