Track 20

Unit 12

Sociology

Marriage

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1. Most people don’t get married until they’ve reached adulthood. Marriages involving children and young teenagers are rare in most parts of the world.

2. Naomi heard that many women are delaying marriage until after they turn 30. She confirmed that information by checking the Internet.

3. As people from many countries meet and develop relationships, the number of interracial marriages increases.

4. Married couples enjoy a kind of legitimacy, while unmarried couples may be considered outside the accepted standards of society.

5. Saed has matured a lot since moving out of his parents’ house. He’s become very responsible and is able to take care of himself.

6. Nationalistic barriers to international marriages are gradually disappearing because meeting someone from a different country is fairly common.

7. One societal norm of marriage is that people are expected to marry someone of a similar age. Many people view large differences in age as strange.

8. Growth in the Hispanic population in some parts of the United States has caused the number of marriages between Hispanics and whites to rise.

9. One strong reason for marriage in many cultures is a woman becoming pregnant. It is important that the child has a father and mother to care for it.

10. My parents are from the same social class. They lived in similar neighborhoods and their parents’ incomes were nearly the same.