For the subject of my paradigm shift paper I have picked the topic of marriage and how it has changed roles throughout the years.

I will look at how marriage used to function as a way to gain wealth and status and how love was not taken into account at all. Marriages used to be arranged by families, and the husband and wife would not even meet each other until the day of the wedding. Divorce was not an option, so couples had to learn to live with each other.

My grandparents, who grew up in Italy, had an arranged marriage. They learned how to work together through all of the rough times as a family.

In some countries, arranged marriage is still going on. I will study these countries and show the reason why they still think it’s necessary in their culture.

Presently, marriages are largely based on love alone. There are even dating sites that allow people to find “true love” and shows that are based off of finding love, like the Bachelor. The idea behind marriage has changing greatly over the years and through my paper I will examine that.

Marriage used to be something that was a one and done thing. Now a days, divorce rates are higher then ever. 50% of marriages end in divorce. People can get remarried as many times as they wish, as long as they get the papers for it.

I can also touch upon the LGBTQ movement and how that has changed the idea of marriage and caused so much controversy. Where marriage used to be looked upon as only being shared between a man and a women, now since it’s based on love, it can be between a women and a women or a man and a man. Society has become more accepting of this change as we accept that we sometimes can’t control who we love.