Assignment 6

  Identify one of the examples of ancient marriage described by the author and discuss how it differed from the "one man, one woman idea" of marriage 

One of the examples of ancient marriage described by the author is the tradition in Tibet. In which one woman is shared among brothers, she is to have children with these bothers and raise the children as siblings. This differs from the “one man, one woman idea” because this type of tradition isn’t allowed in the United States. In addition, brothers are not to share a wife as well as a man isn’t allowed to have multiple wives. The “one man, one woman” is the idea of marriage and a commitment together as husband and wife not for your wife to be share with other men.

2) Among which two groups has postponing marriage become the most likely? Why?

Couples in Low and Middle class are most likely to postpone marriage. The reason for this being is because the Middle class is focused on getting an education and having their career settled before marrying. In addition, it’s known that now a day’s one person’s salary isn’t enough to maintain a family. The Low Class are postponing marriage because majority of the time they don’t have a job and they are out look for a job. Nevertheless, majority of them have little to no education that they are limited when looking for a job. Also, majority of the job they can get are low paying job requiring long hours. 

Choose one tradition and do a little research on-line - what is the history behind that tradition. Write about a paragraph about the origin of the tradition and whether you will include this in your own wedding - if you plan on having one.

There were several different traditions in the video such as..

1.       The smashing of glass

2.       Revealing the wedding dress to the husband the day of the wedding.

The smashing of glass at a Jewish wedding symbolizes the destruction of their holy temple. This custom is unknown, although it has been given reasons. The primary being based on tow accounts in the Talmud of rabbis, who upon seeing that their son’s wedding celebration was getting out of hand, broke a vessel in the second case glass to calm thing down. Another explanation is that it is a reminder that despite the joy, Jews still mourn the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.  I will not be doing the smashing of glass at my wedding; it isn't a tradition in my family. The only way that I see this happening is if I do marry a Jewish man, in honor and for respect to his family will I do the smashing of glass. However, I will not reveal my wedding dress to my husband until the wedding day because it is said in my family that it is bad luck to have the groom see you in your wedding dress before the big day.