All of the societies have traditions. These traditions mostly affect people in that society and determine a lifestyle for them. Another point is that traditions might differ from society to society. For instance, there are different ways to get married in diffferent societies. In some socieities, people prefer arranged marriages while members of other societies are inclined to love marriages. Each marriage type has certain effects on society. The effects of arranged marriage can be split into two categories: marriage lasting long and changing into love marriage over time.
Firstly, arranged marriage lasts long. In arranged marriages, couples’ first date is organized by their parents, relatives, common friends. Although the marriage is initially set up just by considering each other’s physical appearance, the couples learn more about each other day by day. Moreover, traditions and stereotypes in their society help to strengthen their relationship after marriage. For this reason, this type of marriage continues for a long time. As a result, arranged marriages do not prevail much today, but compared to love marriage it lasts longer.
Another effect of arranged marriage is that it gradually transforms into love marriage. Since people who get married through an arrangement do not know each other well, they start to know one another after marriage. Most of the time this process ends up with mutual love. In brief, arranged marriages are also based on love but it is gained after marriage.
In conclusion, nowadays, most of the people are still getting married through arranged marriage. This is because such marriages last much longer when compared with love marriage. In addition, arranged marriages turn into love marriage by and by. All in all, I strongly believe that arranged marriages has more advantages than other kinds of marriage.