Arranged Marriage Research Paper

If you look at the divorce rate of arranged marriage on google, you will find that its divorce rate is at 1.2%. When looking at the success rates they're between 70-90% depending on the country, but behind all the success, is love actually present or is arranged marriage used for family social status and wealth? There are countless articles and autobiographies that explain the horrors that are actually present in todays arranged marriages. To some, arranged marriage is culture, it is how they were brought up to think. Arranged marriage should be banned because it could lead to abusive relationships and used for family social status.

When dealing with parents, understanding and communication is key. In an article by Louise hall, a girl's world

When dealing with an arranged marriage, family plays a huge roll because they are the actual people that set it up. Many problems arise from this because, according to TheNextGalaxy.com, "If any marital problems arise between the couple, then the parents are often the first to be blamed" (The Next Galaxy). This kind of tension can ruin families. If arranged marriage was banned, people would have less of a chance of blaming their family. Instead of blaming family after a divorce, they have no one else to blame but themselves or the other person, while family remains as a support system. Also, "if the marriage results in a divorce, the family is humiliated because it is perceived as a family fault" (The Next Galaxy). This quote from The Next Galaxy article shows that even though marriage should be about love, to the families of arranged marriages, it is about social status. In an article CBC News, it states "The primary reason for arranged marriage still remains that many families want to secure wealth, property, and social status for their children" (CBC News). This quote explains that families use arranged marriages as ways to secure wealth and social status. If a family with wealth married into a equally wealthy house, then their social status is increased and it prevents their family from ever going poor. Arranged marriages are used as security in the sense that their family will always be taken

According to an article written by Jennifer Gotrik about Manjali Bhagwandas' misfortunes in her own arranged marriage, Gotrik says "Manjali was scared and confused. She continued to be hit, by her husband’s hand or a wooden stick, without understanding why" (Gotrik). Manjali was a married off when she was eighteen to a twenty-one year old man. During her 14 year marriage he has been beating her often for no reason at all. The quote previously mentioned talks about the type of abuse she went through while married. She then later in the article says "Nobody tells the wife that the man has a bad temper or abusive parents" (Gotrik). When a girl is married off to a man is she told about the mans bad qualities. A girl wont know about the mans temper until it is to late. Often, the women are stuck in the arranged marriage because it is dishonorable to get divorced. Manjali was just one of he many horror stories about men beating their arranged marriage wife. Manjali states, "I couldn’t run away because it would be an insult to the family" (Bhahwands). This quotes ties back to the social status issue and domestic violence in one