despite 'arranged marriages' we do still have the impression of choice and probably hold the belief that there is a mr/mrs right out there SO means that western r'ships less permanent because of the choice
in societies with reduced mobility, arranged marriages make sense and tend to have extremely low divorce rates and at least half of them report falling in love with their partner
However, arranged marriages are not necessarily any more common in the non west. In the west meet thru friends/dating agencies which follows the same pattern as arranged marriages. Pressures Nearly 50% usa report marrying for reasons other than luv
7. What do Clark + Hatfield, and Buss and Schmidt talk about?
