Abstract: This paper is a summary of a small study done to know about various types of marriages, increasing rate of divorce and various causes of divorce in today’s world. The study was focused mainly on to know about the different prevalent institutions for the sake of reproduction of same offspring or a living partner for whole life tied with nautical bond, divorce, the increasing rate of divorce and their various causes. Marriage is an institution which allows men and women to stay in to lead a family life. It gives a social recognition and religious sanction to two different sexes for staying together. According to Mack and Young, “Marriage is the institution or set of norms which determines the particular relation of parents to each other and to their children”. Marriage is a social, spiritual or legal union of two hero sexual individuals. This union may also be called a wedding and the status is called wedlock. In today’s fast stage of life increasing divorce rate as compared to previous years has led focus towards study of this burning topic. A very simple questionnaire was framed to know about different causes of divorce and then answers were categorized as per rank given by the respondents. Suggestions to overcome this stigma have also been enlisted.
Keywords: Heterosexual, Wedlock, Questionnaire.
Title: Increasing Rate of Divorce: A Social Stigma
Author: Arunima Kumari
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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