Relationships vary across cultures, in western societies mate selection is more often than not voluntary, due to high social and geographical mobility. However in collectivist cultures, selecting individuals to be joined as a couple involves family alliances and economic arrangements between families. Qureshi identifies three types of arranged marriage: the planned type where parents plan everything, chaperoned interaction, usually the male tells parents about desires and parents will try and find a match and the joint venture type, where both parents and children are involved in selecting a mate and open dating may be involved.
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