Topic > The Persuasive Essay: What is Marriage? - 1307

With everything that has happened in the last ten years, people have to ask themselves whether they should get married or not. “A recent Pew Research Center poll showed that 39% of respondents believe marriage is becoming obsolete. And as regards cohabitation versus marriage, 55% of those interviewed believe that it is positive or makes no difference if a couple lives together without being married." Older generations are surprised at how different the new generation is. They are the ones fighting against the new generation. They don't want change and are not prepared to deal with it. It's different from what they grew up with and it's breaking what they've always known. Not being married wasn't always as accepted as it is today. People of the older generation were forced to get married, even if they didn't love that person. It was more about the concept of “they will learn to love each other”. While today anyone can choose when to get married, who to marry or even never get married