Marriage in modern society

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I feel that in the 21st century, probably especially in America (where I live), so many younger people have too high of a sex drive for marriage to work well? I mean in today's society people love to indulge in sex and things like sex toys and porn make people want to have more and more sex. I've talked to a couple guys at work who are 'sick and tired' of having sex with the same person, and one even adamantly regrets getting married and having kids. Also I think that social media, movies, porn, online hookup sites and things like that have made it so there are so many temptations making it difficult to sustain a good marriage in the 21st century. When more poeple were more religious, there was more people having content and isolated marriages. Is it normal that I think the quality of marriages is drastically going down in the 21st century for these reasons.

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  • CoffeeTime
    4 years ago

    I agree. Marriage has become a joke to many these days and the sanctity is long gone. Heck it's not even viewed seriously like before. Technology and lack of spirituality made easier for the people to live a reckless living despite knowing it's no good at any level. A lot of adults today are hypersexuals with no regard to moral and healthy sexual life.

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  • howaminotmyself
    4 years ago

    The desire to want sex is internal, not external. Objects and external stimuli only make it potentially more fun, but it can't make you want it more. But some drugs can. However our modern society is more likely to squash that libido.

    Also, you have no idea what you are talking about. Marriage decline is multifaceted. In the past, the woman was expected to say nothing while her husband beat her and there are still placed that don't recognize rape in marriage.

    What is lacking in society is personal relationships in general and an overall sense of community. All these things are tied together, marriage is only one type of relationship and should not be singled out.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      I would disagree with the fact that our modern society 'squashes' our libido. Pretty much every person including myself I have spoke to on such matters would agree that modern society in America is overly sexualized and people, especially men have a stronger sex drive as a result. It may just be me and or the experiences of the close friends I have causing me to make this generalization but it makes sense to me.

      Marriage decline is multifaceted and I never did say one specific reason for its decline. It is a result of many factors, some of which I did not mention, but most of these factors are directly resulting from the modernization of society.

      I would actually agree with the fact that society is lacking personal relationships as a whole. But I do think marriage suffers to a greater degree because of how sex is portrayed and viewed in our modern world so it is worth so going out in my opinion.

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  • hellodare
    4 years ago

    Amen.

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  • SKDM007
    4 years ago

    depends on where you are from + religion

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      But what about as a general trend worldwide? I mean definently more in some places than others but I'm talking as our world as a whole becomes more modernized.

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  • Protagoras
    4 years ago

    How many other animals are getting married and how many are just trying to spread their seed? There is no “the one” there are many, though.

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  • Columbusbiguy
    4 years ago

    I probably would not have got married when i did, if society was as open then as it is today. I will stop short of saying i regret getting married and having children, i will say i think i would have lived life way differently.

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