What is meant by marriage

Defining the marriage

Marriage can be defined as the bond that brings together a man and a woman legally and socially, based on customs, traditions, beliefs, rules and laws that impose rights and duties on both men and women. Despite the differences between societies and cultures in the world, the concept of marriage always includes the imposition of many... The social and personal duties of the spouses include: meeting personal needs, exchanging affection and friendship, and sexual satisfaction, in addition to procreation, caring for children, educating and socializing them, dividing work tasks between spouses, and organizing production and economic consumption.

Marriage bond

Marriage brings together a male and a female in a formal and permanent bond that usually lasts until the death of one of them. This relationship may end before that in divorce. During this bond, changes occur in their personalities, as their ages advance, and the way they love changes. No marriage or any relationship is free of problems and conflicts. But the skill lies in the method of dealing with and enduring these conflicts.

Benefits of marriage

Benefits of marriage for men and women

Among the benefits of marriage for men and women are the following:

• Marriage guarantees security and personal security for married couples; Married people are more than three times less likely to be victims of violent crimes than divorced people or those who have never been married.
• Married people have better physical and mental health than unmarried people, and they also live longer.
• Marriage reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
• Married women enjoy better mental and physical health than unmarried women.
• Married people are less likely to commit suicide than unmarried people.
• Married people are happier and less depressed than unmarried people.
• The income of married men is higher compared to the income of single men.

Benefits of marriage for children

Children living with married parents enjoy the following privileges:

• Live a longer life, and enjoy physical and mental health.
• Obtaining good academic results.
• More likely to attend college and graduate.
• Less likely to live in poverty.
• Less likely to get into legal trouble.
• Less likely to drink alcohol and drugs.
• Less violent.
• Less likely to be exposed to sexual or physical violence.