Marriage out of convenience. It is not a strange set of words to society as the act can be rooted down from history. Arranged marriages still occur today, some do well in the latter, a few number end negatively. However, not all marriages are arranged or are in the same wavelength. Transnational marriages proves to be a challenge to those who took a risk, to get what they want or please others. Moreover, in Anika Liversage’s article, the lows of this kind of marriage is discussed and a number of unions went on with their own lives and wanted out because of the sense of minority, gender centric activities that limited their potential, cultural norms choking their free will, and lack of compromises.
The initial cause of each migrant marriage comes from cultural norms. Cultural discrimination and the “Alpha Sense” of each authoritarian within the household play a key role. Most of the time, 95 percent of newlyweds live in extended household—usually the resident spouse—that may cause harsh subordination out of patriarchy or matriarchy. Since they are now sharing the same living space, economic and practical dependency occurs from the young couple to the heads of the family. Also, the migrant spouse tends to be looked upon by the native family because of he
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Aside from the fact that the young bride should serve her conjugal family (Liversage, 2012), she is also subjected to limited public contact. As stated in the article, Ayse’s husband and his mother forbid her to go pass the perimeters of their house. The lack of social interaction does not only dampens one social health, it also imposes an alarming situation because she cannot move or do anything without the permission of her family. Too much control feeds more tension to the chain reaction that can happen sooner or later. Also, it is disturbing as it seems that men is the superior and can do anything he