SOCIOLOGY
QUESTION: How is marriage is far less important than it used to be in
the modern industrial society?
Answer:
Philippe Aries believes that family had the main educational, social,
economic and reproductive functions in the pre-industrial society and
played a vital role.
Now marriage has become far less important. Rhona Rapoport believes
that every European country experienced cohabitation as there is
family diversity. Alan noticed that increase in divorce rates is mainly
because of alternatives to marriage and the births outside of a
marriage. The state has taken responsibilities of children such as the
‘Sure Start’ which provides education to children, representing the fact
that families are not seen as important due to the provision of social
welfare by the state. With secularization, marriage is seen as less
practical and with contraceptives people tend to have different
relationships away from their married partner. The violence, mental
and physical, of women inside of homes is another dark side of this
union. Marriage has thus become less of a necessity, especially since
women are also now establishing themselves as more and more
independent.
However, marriage is still seen as the most important, strengthened by
the fact that most of the divorces result in reconstituted families and
cohabitation which seen as a first step towards getting married. Family
also gives particularistic values to the children and aid in consensus
which results in social order, without any chaos or trouble, people
QUESTION: How is marriage is far less important than it used to be in
the modern industrial society?
Answer:
Philippe Aries believes that family had the main educational, social,
economic and reproductive functions in the pre-industrial society and
played a vital role.
Now marriage has become far less important. Rhona Rapoport believes
that every European country experienced cohabitation as there is
family diversity. Alan noticed that increase in divorce rates is mainly
because of alternatives to marriage and the births outside of a
marriage. The state has taken responsibilities of children such as the
‘Sure Start’ which provides education to children, representing the fact
that families are not seen as important due to the provision of social
welfare by the state. With secularization, marriage is seen as less
practical and with contraceptives people tend to have different
relationships away from their married partner. The violence, mental
and physical, of women inside of homes is another dark side of this
union. Marriage has thus become less of a necessity, especially since
women are also now establishing themselves as more and more
independent.
However, marriage is still seen as the most important, strengthened by
the fact that most of the divorces result in reconstituted families and
cohabitation which seen as a first step towards getting married. Family
also gives particularistic values to the children and aid in consensus
which results in social order, without any chaos or trouble, people
