What are the changing attitudes towards marriage?

      

What are the changing attitudes towards marriage?

  

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Eric
1. Western culture and education has really affected marriage.
2. Marriage is no longer a must and many people decide not to marry.
3. Virginity is not highly valued and many people break their virginity at stage of adolescence.
4. Today choosing of a marriage partner is individualized and the parents do nowadays not
choose the marriage partner.
5. Today marriage is for companionship and it is considered to be complete even if there are no
children.
6. Polygamy was preferred in African Traditional societies but today many people prefer
monogamy marriage mainly due to economic hardship.
7. Bride wealth has lost its original meaning and has been commercialized.
ericmunguti answered the question on September 26, 2018 at 07:00


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