...Gay Marriage K P Ashford University Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 Abayomi Balogun October 5, 2012 Gay Marriage The future of marriage in America is coming to a change in this day and age. The idea of just a traditional marriage will just about vanish; instead it will include man and man or woman and woman. From my stand point it doesn’t change things in my life nor should it change anything in others. Let’s look back in history to things that needed to be change to tolerations in our country. Not too many years ago it was illegal for a non-white to marry a white because of The Racial Integrity Act enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia. Now look at where we have come today. So it’s is just a matter of time for tolerance of this next. Here I will point out some of the basic issues and need of humans before I start in on the religious points as to why it is looked at as wrong in some people’s eyes but not in others. It has only been one way I have ever had a negative outlook on this topic is the atheistic view on laws and the beliefs as to how marriage is to be. I am making these statements as child from a homosexual parent who had a civil union of her own. The idea that the laws are old and out dated for our lives this day and age is so outlandish. These law and developments are the corner stone of our lives and cultural development. A few of the anti government groups point out that this is the right of someone to marry who...
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...Essay 2 Draft October 24, 2011 Common issues of same sex marriage It’s a topic that some people may find quite degrading, and inhumane. Some people may argue that it’s their right and their freedom of choice. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to allow and recognize same sex marriage as a legal constitution, and it wasn’t until 2004, that Massachusetts became the first state in the union to approve same sex marriage, and in 2008, California followed suit, according to the information obtained from Wikipedia. Some may say love has no genders. I agree, but society wants to draw the line between what’s morally right. A same sex marriage is an emotional issue for many people, but let’s separate emotions from facts. Same sex marriage is not the ideal institution of marriage, meaning a traditional marriage consists of a man and woman. Those who oppose want to argue that marriage is simply a personal relationship between two committed people, but marriage is much more than that. Only a natural marriage, meaning man and woman, can procreate and consistently provide a nurturing and stable environment for the growth and maturation of a child. In some cases same sex marriages can result in negative effects on the children due to public humiliation, and religious freedom. Although studies to date are relatively few and open to criticism when comparing heterosexuals and homosexuals marriages raising children, but several medical and mental health professionals associations...
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...Marriage is strongly supported in the United States culturally and socially. More than nine out of ten people at some point have been or are married, but many fall apart and become a recurring trend for those in society (Macionis). The United States divorce rate has more than tripled over the past century. Research states that for every ten couples four to five of them will end up divorce and six out of ten involved in a second marriage may also walk the same path. Today about twenty-five percent of marriages end in a separation of divorce within five years, and about four marriages in ten eventually do so ( for African Americans, the rate is about six in ten) (Macionis). People over the age of fifteen, 21 percent of men and 23 percent of women have been divorced at some point in his or her life (Macionis). The United States has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. Society is now seeing divorce as a norm, and will continue to occur as long as we live. Marriage consist of many different variables; age, race/ethnicity, financial standing, family history and even motives. To determine the reason(s) for divorce these variables may need to be accounted for. Age comes with many beneficial traits, maturity, life experience, and even social status. With age in mind, young couples who marry after a brief commitment with the opposite sex and lack financial support along with emotional maturity tend to have a high risk of being divorced. Another variable to take into consideration...
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...Changes in Families Since the 1960’s Abstract Everything changes as time goes by. One major thing that has changed in particular is family structure. From the way children are being raised, to higher divorce rates, and teen pregnancy. These are all factors that have immensely changed over time, more for the worse than better. Introduction There have been many changes in families since the 1960’s to today. In this paper I will discuss some of the numerous drastic changes that have occurred, and the impact this has. I will also be discussing how families are weaker but also ways we could prevent this from continuing happening. Changes in Families since the 1960’s One major change that there has been in families is that more women have careers now. In the 60’s it was not a common thing for a women to have a job, let alone a career. The role that women played was to stay home with the children, cook, and clean. The women that had careers usually were the ones that did not have families, and this was extremely uncommon. Educated women was a very rare thing to come across. Men were the ones that made the money and supported the family. That has drastically changed since then. In 2010, more American women were employed than men (Castelloe). Women working and having careers is much more accepted in society nowadays. Women may work now for different reasons; the passion they feel for the job, or they need to help financially support their family. Another change that...
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...has socially in our society. Sociological Imagination As individuals we based our decisions on values instilled in us and peer pressure from our society. “We are individually shaped by society and social interaction through the process of socialization, which begins at birth and continues throughout our lifetime” (M.U.S.E., 2013). Teenage pregnancy has been a concern in our society and over the past 20 years, pregnancy in unmarried teenagers has increased dramatically. “Unmarried pregnant teenager varies based upon race, ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic status” (Mollborn, 2009). Based on my experience low income families and the community they live in accept unmarried teenage pregnancy, because it is normal to them. Teenage pregnancy has increased and is an undisclosed major problem in our society. As a society we want to make sure everyone is properly educated on teen pregnancy. “Non-marital pregnancy is more common in racial or ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status, these parents are perceived to have low socioeconomic futures, families from high socioeconomic status and communities will discourage a pregnancy that will propel their children to a lower socioeconomic trajectory” (Mollborn,...
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...sometimes, life ends up differently for them. Sometimes it's just the thorns they feel. Lots of couples argue and fight over little things. Many wonder whether all the fighting is worth keeping their marriage together or even normal. Is there hope for their marriage? Divorce has become very common. Usually it's just because marriage has become a task. One researcher says, "Compared to years ago, people today pay less value on obligation to other, on sacrifice, and on self-restraint. We place more value on individualism, on self-expression and self-realization, and on personal choice" (Galston 4). These changes occurred because people's principles have changed. We are more accepting of divorce today than we were years ago. Gray believes that many marriages in trouble can be saved and a successful marriage all depends on the husband and wife working together. He also says that sometimes love is easy and other times it needs effort. We shouldn't expect to always be loving and we need to be understanding when we don't know how to be loving (285-286). Couples need to be provided with the tools they need to keep their relationship strong. I think there are three ways we can prevent or lessen our chances of divorce. The first step occurs before marriage, the second during marriage, and the third at the beginning of divorce. Statistics and Facts It's pretty obvious that the divorce rate is very high and continuing to grow. According to "The Divorce Center", "In 1998 2.2 million...
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...Bachelorhood vs. Marriage A research report on the above topic for ‘Eng 105-Advanced Composition’ course as a partial course completion requirement. Prepared for: Mr. Abdus Selim Lecturer Eng 105 Section: 6 North South University Prepared by: Safwan Dawood Shams Id# 093-0670-530 Acknowledgement I would like to express deep appreciation and thanks to all the students of North South University who helped me by sparing their valuable time and participating in the questionnaires of the survey allowing me to complete my research within the specified deadline. I would also like to thank my course instructor, Mr Abdus Selim for his valuable guidance, support, instructions and all out cooperation in writing the research paper. Abstract This research paper is on the topic “Bachelorhood vs. Marriage”. Marriage has been a usual norm through centuries. It is a bonding that binds a man and a woman towards a new relationship with the aim of sharing responsibilities, happiness and sorrows till the day they die. It has been a normal phenomenon in the society which recently has been faced by some changes from the new generation. On the other hand, bachelorhood is a state where a man/woman is not married or not in a pair bond. It includes men/women who lives independently, outside of their parents’ home and other institutional settings who are not engaged in a bond of marriage. Through this research, I wanted to find out whether the upcoming generation is in for marriage or in favour...
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...Respect is a major element of our cultural values. In Pakistan, children are taught to respect their parents, teachers and elders throughout their upbringing. By the time they reach the age of maturity, respecting people around them becomes a major aspect of their personality; whereas in Canada respect seems to be slowly disappearing from their culture. Their children are given too much of freedom at a very small age. Children over there are given the authority to report their parent’s unnecessary strict behavior to the police and be taken away from them. This power that their children are given at a very small age somehow reduces the level of respect they have for their parents or which their parents deserve. Leaving your parents on the mercy of old age homes is a very common practice over there. Once a person gets self-dependent he just leaves his parent’s house and gets shifted to a new one and everyone thinks its okay. In Pakistan, any person who engages in such behavior is considered ill-mannered and such acts are seen as unethical and immoral. We are supposed to respect our parents at all times, even if they are extremely controlling and sons live with their parents and take care of them when they are old and weak because that’s what is the right thing to do. Our parents spend their whole lives working really hard so that they could give us a good standard of life so when they are old and weak it’s our responsibility to ensure that they spend a happy and peaceful life....
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...ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, having a disability, socioeconomic level, educational attainment, and general work experience. Diversity refers to all of the characteristics that make individuals different from each other. Age Age diversity offers positive advantages for healthy organisations, just like any other sort of diversity in work and life. Age diversity is the ability to accept all different types of ages within an environment. Companies have to adjust to an aging population in various ways. This is referred to a person belonging to a particular age (e.g. 32 year olds) or range of ages (e.g. 18 - 30 year olds). Disability A person has a disability if s/he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on that person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Ability and disability diversity is the acceptance of all types of talents and disabilities within an organization. The acceptance of abilities is the ability of companies to embrace talents and education. Gender reassignment The process of transitioning from one gender to another. Marriage and civil partnership In England and Wales marriage is no longer restricted to a union between a man and a woman but now includes a marriage between same-sex couples. This will also be true in Scotland when the relevant legislation is brought into force. Same-sex couples can still have their relationships legally recognised as 'civil partnerships' if they do not...
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...is one thing I failed to mention just now and that is, the bride-to-be is actually a he. Yes! Today, I would like to convince you that gay marriage, in other word, marriage of the same sex or homosexual marriage should be legalized worldwide. So, what is homosexual? I’m sure you heard of Elton John or Adam Lambert. Well, they are examples of homosexuals. According to the formal definition by Merriam–Webster, the term homosexual is defined as “of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same gender.” Putting it in another way, means that men will have sexual desire towards men, and women will have passion towards women. The most common term for homosexual is gay for men, and lesbian for women. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, a sexual orientation law and public policy think tank, estimates that 9 million that is about 3.8% of Americans identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (2011). They are many more around the world. Until now, there are only a few countries in the world that allows homosexual marriage like Netherlands and Belgium. Unfortunately, homosexuals are treated like a crime or an illness. Therefore, I’m here to convince you otherwise. Homosexual marriage is no different from heterosexual marriage. My first reason for supporting homosexual marriage is that homosexuality is not a mental or emotional disorder. I repeat, it is not a mental or emotional disorder which means that it is not a...
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...easier. Additionally, except for a small proportion of wealthy people, marriage today no longer has much connection with the desire to perpetuate property and status from generation to generation. I have there identified that, as more women become more economically independent, marriage is less of a necessary economic partnership. Greater overall prosperity means that it is easier to establish a separate household in case of marital disaffection. The fact that little stigma now attaches to divorce is in some part the result of this developments but add momentum to them also. A further important factor is the growing tendency to evaluate to marriage in terms of the level of personal satisfaction it offers. Rising rates of divorce do not seem to indicate a deep dissatisfaction with marriage as much, but an increased determination to make it a rewarding and satisfying relationship. I found out that, other factors that show a positive correlation to the likelihood of divorce are related to an individual's life cycle include the following: 1. Parental divorce (people whose parents divorce are more likely to divorce) 2. Premarital cohabitation (people who cohabitate before marriage have a higher divorce rate ) 3. Premarital childbearing (people who marry after having children are more likely to divorce) 4. Marriage at an early age (people who marry as teenagers have a higher divorce rate) 5. A childless marriage (couples without children are more likely to divorce) 6. Low income...
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...Should the same-sex marriage be legal? Felling in love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Men and women fall in love, get married, and build a family unit in society. At the same time, the same-sex love is becoming more acceptable by society because it is also driven by nature. Should the same-sex marriage be legal becomes one of the most hot topics. Some people embrace the view that same-sex marriage should be legal because they consider same-sex as a natural behavior which should be protected by law. I concern, however, the harm of the same-sex marriage outweighs than benefits. So it should not be legal. First and foremost, the law is established to protect eligible right of citizens. So it should not be legal if the behavior will block the right developing direction of society. To begin with, not all natural behaviors are allowed to be legal. For example, marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by law. Why is it forbidden even though intermarriage is also driven by nature? It is forbidden because it will influence the quality of new generation due to high probability of inherited disease, as well as bad influence in morality, which would disturb the harmony of society. So does the same-sex marriage. Some people may do not agree because they consider the same-sex tendency as a consequence affected by certain order of DNA, which cannot be controlled by human mind. So they think the law should not deny the instinct of human, which is controlled by DNA. But...
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...withSpain, Germany and France having less than 10% disapproval.[1] Contents [hide] * 1 Definition * 2 Prevalence * 3 Gender differences * 4 Ethnicity differences * 5 Safe sex practices * 6 Religious views * 7 Cultural views * 7.1 Britain * 7.2 United States * 8 See also * 9 References ------------------------------------------------- Definition[edit] Until the 1950s,[2] the term "pre-marital sex" referred to sexual relations between two people prior to marrying each other.[3]During that period, Western societies expected that men and women marry by the age of 21 or 22; as such, there were no considerations that one who had sex would not marry. The term was used instead of fornication, due to the negative connotations of the latter.[2] The meaning has since shifted, referring to all sexual relations a person has prior to marriage; this removes emphasis on who the relations are with.[3] The definition has a degree of ambiguity. It is not clear whether sex between individuals legally forbidden from marrying, or the sexual relations of one uninterested in marrying could be considered premarital.[2] Alternative terms for pre-marital sex have...
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..."better" culture. Today we are going to take a look at my own culture through an outsider's point of view know as an etic point of view while examining that culture from an insider's perspective. We will be covering the arranged child bride marriages of Middle Eastern countries, specifically Pakistan, compared to more complex love matches that are made here in the United States. In this, we will note that while courtship and marriage in United States may be more complex having less health and social risks, child marriage is still the preference in Pakistan. Part I In this part of the paper, we are looking at marriage and courtship in the United States. In the 1930s through the 1940s whirlwind courtships were common. After World War II couples were getting married in their 20s. Today the average age for a male is 28 years of age and 26 years of age for a female to get married. (USA Today 2010) " When I went to college it was normal to date, go steady, get engaged, and then marry soon after graduation." (Colson, 2010) While getting married in college used or at a young age to be the expectation, the American culture is changing. In America, children start dating when in other countries they are already married and have children, at the age of sixteen. The term dating can mean many different...
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...Child Marriage One would describe an average 10-13-year-old as playful, immature, and adventure seeking. They get spend majority of their time hanging out with numerous friends; however, the sad reality is that thousands of girls in Bangladesh don't get to experience life as a normal, corky, adolescent, or have the privilege of furthering their education past middle school. Instead, they are most likely waiting for a potential spouse or preparing a traditional wedding at age 13. According to sources, about 52% of Bangladesh girls are expected to leave their education, family, and friends behind and pursue a marriage (“Girls Not Brides”). This puts teenage girls at higher risks to become victims of abuse, pregnancy complications due to the...
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