Some social problems arise because they believe something is not correct. Marriage has been in the news lately primary about the idea of same-sex marriage. People do not agree with cultures that differ from their own especially when religion comes into the conversation. Another type of marriage that is not talked about a lot but gets strange looks, is arranged marriages, it gets strange looks because it does not seem to go with our culture here in the United States. Individuals around the world are very ethnocentric and do not take the time to understand others culture because they believe their culture is more superior. In the article they talk about Deborah Feldman who was placed in an arrange marriage. Her husband was an orthodox Jewish man. Deborah was in the Hasidim tradition, but lived in Brooklyn, New York. She only met her husband for thirty minutes. The Hasidim tradition teaches that women are made for sex when they go off to the "marriage teacher". In the article she talked about how she escaped marriage in 2006 from the cloistered and misogynistic world of New York's Satmar Jews. Some individuals that still practice arranged marriages really love it but some do not. A lot traditional practices start to change over time, such as arranged marriages especially if they come to America. Many traditions get lost when they move to America because America is suppose to be diverse and accepting but many of America is ethnocentric about the traditions here.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/hasidic-jew-runs-orthodox-roots-arranged-marriage-child/story?id=15540395#.TzLfIORHCBo
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