Arranged Marriages.

Do you really expect anyone here to agree with it?

for several backgrounds, especially in the east, arranged marriage is the norm.

what’s your opinion on arranged marriage?

how does it relate to gender issues (in terms of equality, sexuality etc)?

is it moral, in any context?

not exactly agree. to discuss its impacts and establish opinion...

What's arranged marriage? I know what it is, but I wana know what you think it is.

What's arranged marriage? I know what it is, but I wana know what you think it is.

i identify as a conservative, but feminism has a lot work to do here in tackling cultural perceptions of relationships and arranged marriages - not matter their faith or culture....

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i guess when people (usually within a family or two) arrange a marriage whether its against the two recipients’ will or not

Actually that is a misconception that is partly born out of racism and prejudice towards other cultures and their practices. Arranged marriages involve a matchmaker, matching two people together. The two people meet eachother. They then decide whether or not they are matched. Its something that is popular in the orthodox jewish community. Much of the stereotypes surrounding these types of marriages are promulgated by people foreign to the culture itself. People watching from the outside in. People that are very ignorant. People that think white is right. That the only right way of getting married is the white, christian way of getting married. Almost everything negative that you hear about arranged marriages are exaggerations and fabrications very distant from its reality. Here's a nice documentary of how arranged marriages typically work. They are very normal. Its from a documentary I recently watched about Iran.

"a nice documentary about Iran" - it is born neither of prejudice or ignorance, those who partake in tying people to a union refute everything with the word 'tradition' - arranged marriage is not something to be condoned, especially without pullling the race card.

a radical idea: forcing people to wed, with parents holding sway over their lives and happiness should not be perpetuated in any society

noone here is talking about the white christian way of marriage you refer to, only to the radical idea of consent among the most important parties

I love the ending of the documentary!!! Its really nice I thought

Actually that is a misconception that is partly born out of racism and prejudice towards other cultures and their practices. Arranged marriages involve a matchmaker, matching two people together. The two people meet eachother. They then decide whether or not they are matched. Its something that is popular in the orthodox jewish community. Much of the stereotypes surrounding these types of marriages are promulgated by people foreign to the culture itself. People watching from the outside in. People that are very ignorant. People that think white is right. That the only right way of getting married is the white, christian way of getting married. Almost everything negative that you hear about arranged marriages are exaggerations and fabrications very distant from its reality. Here's a nice documentary of how arranged marriages typically work. They are very normal. Its from a documentary I recently watched about Iran.

People need to learn the difference between arranged and forced marriages.

An arranged marriage is fine and moral as it has the consent of both parties. In forced marriages there is no consent. Simple.