Well, I am just assuming that I shouldn't keep all this awesome knowledge to myself. Therefore, I will regurgitate what I have learned for you all out there in cyber land. Enjoy these few factoids about Marriage and Family, Day 1:
Please realize, the institution of marriage has been changing for centuries, with the MOST traditional form of marriage being one man and many women.
Before the Golden Age of Marriage in the 1950s and for most of history, it was ridiculous to marry for love. The French thought that love was a "derangement of the mind". According to Dr. Coontz' book "Marriage, a History" the Chinese didn't have a word for 'love' between husband and wife. Instead, "''love' described an illicit, disapproved relationship". The Fulbe people of Cameroon still do not see love as "a legitimate emotion."
Yeah, these ideas seem "radical" to those of us who have grown up in the suburbia U.S. and who have always thought that love and marriage go hand in hand....nope.
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In the 1600s, the definition of happiness was order, social order especially. The poor were poor and the rich were rich because that's where God had wanted them to be. They had a purpose being in that position and it was silly to try to change your proportion of yourself...
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Ahem... today, more college - educated adults are more likely to say that it is acceptable to be divorced or to cohabitate (i.e. live together, but not be married). High school only educated adults are more likely to say that divorce and cohabitation are completely unacceptable.
HOWEVER, college educated adults are LESS likely to cohabitate or get divorced. While high school only educated adults are MORE likely to do either. YEAH
Before the Golden Age of Marriage in the 1950s and for most of history, it was ridiculous to marry for love. The French thought that love was a "derangement of the mind". According to Dr. Coontz' book "Marriage, a History" the Chinese didn't have a word for 'love' between husband and wife. Instead, "''love' described an illicit, disapproved relationship". The Fulbe people of Cameroon still do not see love as "a legitimate emotion."
Yeah, these ideas seem "radical" to those of us who have grown up in the suburbia U.S. and who have always thought that love and marriage go hand in hand....nope.
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In the 1600s, the definition of happiness was order, social order especially. The poor were poor and the rich were rich because that's where God had wanted them to be. They had a purpose being in that position and it was silly to try to change your proportion of yourself...
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Ahem... today, more college - educated adults are more likely to say that it is acceptable to be divorced or to cohabitate (i.e. live together, but not be married). High school only educated adults are more likely to say that divorce and cohabitation are completely unacceptable.
HOWEVER, college educated adults are LESS likely to cohabitate or get divorced. While high school only educated adults are MORE likely to do either. YEAH
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