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Social Construction Of Marriage And Love

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After reading “Marriage and Love” I felt as if I was slapped in the face. It posed ideas and questions that I hadn’t thought of before. The idea that love and marriage are completely two separate things makes sense now that I’ve read the piece but that hasn’t always been my opinion. The reading also points that out, women have been told that their wedding is the greatest time of their life. Since children, we see it in the mainstream media and it hypes up this event that is wonderful but what happens after. Love comes before marriage while marriage is the responsible adult thing to do. There are benefits but it is a social construction that doesn’t mean anything without love. The United States has the highest marriage and divorce rate. Usually
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