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Reading Minjok Herald yesterday, I was shocked a bit. More than 50% of KMLA student agreed with the idea of "cohabitation." The reality is widely known that young people of this generation are beginning to consider marriage as bothersome and useless. Is marriage unnecessary? I do not think so; because of these three benefits of marriage: a stable environment in which children will grow up healthily; the legal protection marriage allows; and a man and his wife's sense of responsibility for each other is a significant plus.
First, families made by marriages provide children with stable environments in which to grow up. If children find that their parents cohabit, the children cannot feel stable, because their parents are always able to break up and get new partners, at a whim. Marriage, itself, is more likely to allow children to grow up in a more stable atmosphere so that they can grow up normally.
Second, Marriage is protected by the law, while cohabitation is not. If a man and a women cohabit, they're not responsible for each other, legally. The legal protection makes a man and his wife feel more of a sense of responsibility for each other, too.
Third, emotionally speaking, marriage makes a man and his wife feel an internal sense of responsibility for each other. This makes them feel stable, also. People with stable and happy homes can work better in their workplace. It means that people who get married benefit society and themselves, financially, too.
To conclude, marriage is not useless; because of these three benefits of marriage: the stable environment provided in which children will grow up; the legal protection that marriage affords; and a man and his wife's sense of responsibility for each other is increased. How sorry we should be that people have begun to think marriage is unnecessary and bothersome. May more and more of us realize these benefits of marriage and think about the necessity of marriage.
[ References ]
[ Book ]
Jeon, Yeo-oak. �����̿�, ������Ʈ�� �Ƕ�.(Women, Be Terrorists!). Seoul: Purunsup, 1995.
[ Magazine ]
Conlin, Michelle. "UnMarried America." BusinessWeek Oct. 2003: 106-116.
[Web Page]
he Honorable Rick Santorum. The Necessity of Marriage. Oct. 20, 2003
(http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/HL-804.cfm)
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