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Having Sex With A Stranger — The Absurd Universal Concept of Arranged Marriage
If dating strangers is hard, try marrying one…
Marriage is probably the most widely accepted man-made social construct and is often referred to as a “cultural universal” by sociologists or anthropologists. A cultural universal is defined as:
“The anthropological name for something done, in some form or other, by every human culture around the world. This includes language, religion, music, art, war, families, gender roles, laws, taboos, personal names, etiquette, morals, etc.”
Many studies indicate that marriage might have been an evolutionary construct built by humans as they evolved from their primitive forms millions of years ago, and gradually became a more “social” animal.
One primary reason for the need for a formal bond or relationship traditionally between a man and a woman was child-rearing. In early times, when a female would give birth to a child, she would require a man to take care of other basic necessities such as hunting, sheltering, and safety, and so to give a child a more “secure” future, having a formal partner i.e. the “father” of the child seemed most logical.
And as the child-rearing need evolved with humans into other needs, the need for constant and stable…
