Is marriage outdated as social roles have changed so much in the past years?

The only purpose marriage serves is to make people feel secure in a relationship. THATS IT.





There is no other reason to get married. Its not about love because you can commit to someone without a piece of paper.Is marriage outdated as social roles have changed so much in the past years?
Yes. It is getting there. People will live together until they don't want to. Kids won't be subjected to being called bastards. Women who have their own homes will kick the men out.


Men who have their own homes will kick the women out.


No palimony, so no gold diggers will agree to such relationships. They will marry.


C. :)Is marriage outdated as social roles have changed so much in the past years?
Casissus certainly doesn't have a good point. I'm not sure what century he or she is living in but where I live in the UK many women own their own homes and many men are becoming house husbands. He/she just constantly tries to put down women as money grabbing leeches.





But anyway, no mariage is not outdated. Firstly, marriage is a financial security for both people. If one dies the other will inherit and more security for their children. Also it makes other legal matters easier for a married couple.





But marriage is a declaration of love, it means that you are a unity and you are a family. It shouldn't just be presumed that a man and woman will get married so that they can enter the traditional roles.





My husband and I got married and we both changed our names, it was a spiritual and emtional transistion and we are now legally 'family'. we don't have any children and we don't want any. Since we married our roles haven't changed. When you marry you don't become different people.





And like us who are pagan, a lot of people will marry becuse of their own religious reasons.





EDIT: Mike T is showing off his typical sterotypical views. People get married for love and religon - ok so YOU don't believe in marrying for love, but other people do. Although with such woman-hating attitudes you have displayed in other questions, there's no way a sane woman would eneter a relationship with you.
No, but many ppl are SELFISH and IGNORANT and therefore, it's pointless to commit. Also, many ppl are just now realizing that hey, you don't have to get married. You can be successful (read productive, happy, healthy) with or without getting married.


Marriage takes a lot and if both parties aren't serious about it, again, it's pointless.


Also, I agree with everything moonspot318 said.
No it is not outdated. No matter what Social roles become or are, the basic natural instinct to partner through life will never change. Marriage was around long before the current definitions of marriage where established.





What will most likely change is the form marriage takes in the future. I believe Humans will continue to engage in marriage of some sort, but what form it will take will be dictated by those changing social roles.





Changes in social roles will never end, roles will continue to change and so will marriage.
Marriage isn't for me, but I don't think it's outdated. There will always be people who want to get married.
gee... ya think?
'Outdated in terms of....' the Calendar?





Try this ~ you think of the alternatives, the think of the pitfalls and you then think of the consequences of them.





And then you find the BEST possible alternative to 'Marriage' and YOU get it to work.





You get everyone to simply agree to and to sign up to this alternative and YOU be responsible for MAKING IT WORK.





Go on, give it a try ...before you make another suggestion like the question you asked ~ although you first supply a little more greasing to the grey matter before you try again.





Sash.
I feel like it is. Marriage is like a committed dating relationship now. A very large percentage of Americans are getting divorced nowadays. Feminists believe that women shouldn't tie themselves down to one man because he will rule her life, but I don't agree. It really is a shame, but the institution of marriage is going down the drain.
No it is not. Marriage is more than a social institution. it is not a piece of paper like some would like to say. Marriage was instituted long before paper.
Since marriage, although not the only one, is the best way of bringing kids to the world, I think marriage must evolve with time, not be rendered obsolete.
what do you mean outdated?
I think that, that is one of the reasons that marriage isn't the norm anymore, women have taken on more male roles and are successful on there own and without needing a man at there side. However I think that there has been a major decline in a respectable society because of it
Janie, you said, ';Feminists believe that women shouldn't tie themselves down to one man because he will rule her life, but I don't agree. It really is a shame, but the institution of marriage is going down the drain.'; You are wrong.


Marriage is still a goal of many feminists. It is more than a pierce of paper. It is a religious ceremony with vows - even if people do not keep their vows, for various reasons. Marriage also brings legal benefits, such as Social Security from spouse, and health and retirement benefits.


It is the fact that people live longer that has mad marriage for life a seemingly unreasonable expectation. But, the ideal and the goal are still valued. The fact that many, as opposed to any marriages last for life is possibly the true miracle. Instead of concentrating on the approx. 50% of marriages that end in divorce, people should be amazed that another 50% of marriages work for life. At this point in history, a 50% success rate for marriage validates the fact that it is not outdated.
Haha, Cassius totally described me!





I don't think marriage is outdated, I think it's simply evolving like everything else.
i think the way society is progressing that people should not get married til they retire and spent their last years with someone in this way...while they actively participate in their lives until then, allowing for fluxing fortune, opportunities and situational factors to be resolved outside of marraige.Modern society is all about change and growth and development and we're like that too..so lets cut the divorces eh?
Marriage is far beyond outdated. It's darn near arcane. A peice of paper doesn't make a promise no more than mud makes a house. What's there to enforce one's ';vows'; to stay true to one another forever? Absolutely nothing. It's best to stay in a committed relationship without the convoluted government control ridden institution that is marriage. About the only people that actually have something to gain from marriage are the priest/officiant, decorators, caterers, marriage planners, governmental bodies, etc. Other than that, marriage is objectively useless.
social roles have changed ? How many women who buy her own house and would be willing to support hubby and let him move in her house do you know ? Now that the reliable VW Golf had become widely avaiable its not good enough any more, women want a ferrari with 6l/100km a five star security rating and the ferrari should swipe the floor too.


But dont fret since an increasing number of men prefer to play the game instead to commit in the future the providing 08/15 man wont be something women snob at.
Marriage will never be outdated. We are just going thru a social shift that sadly is making marriage seem taboo. Feminism is telling women that they don't need one man telling them what to do. Have as many men as you want. So men are fighting back and saying we don't need one women.


Both genders are lying to ourselves and hopefully we will wake up and realize that it is beneficial to have that special someone by your side whom you know you can rely on. That special person to grow old with and watch your kids grow up with.
It isn't outdated for me. I love being married and my spouse gives every indication of being so too. I can't imagine it any other way. For me, I mean. I realize everyone's different.





I think what may seem outdated is commitment. I’m sorry if this is true. Commitment is what constitutes society. Otherwise it’s just a bunch of individuals around asking “what’s in it for me?” When this happens, what's in it for everybody is a lot less.





When I think of marriage being outmoded I wonder what that means for the future of child rearing and child care.





And while we're at it, Quisquey, you might just pull your head out of the sand and be a little less prejudiced. I'm one of the strongest feminists on here. Feminism is about choice, not the destruction of marriage.
I think so, and not just because of changing social roles. Do we really need a legal binding to express our love anymore?