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Student: Nguyen Hai Ha Apr 2nd, 2009

Group: E1K41

Essay writing Compare and contrast

ATTITUDE OF MEN AND WOMEN TOWARDS MARRIAGE

Topic: Compare and/or contrast the attitude of men and women towards marriage.

Outline:

1. Introduction:

Thesis statement: Such differences can be easily found in mens and womens

attitudes towards several aspects of life among which is marriage.

2. Body:

Love after marriage

Children

Role in the family

3. Conclusion: All-in-all, when it comes to marriage, different ideas on

romance, children and household roles challenge the sexes harmony.

VERSION 1:

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus says John Gray in his famous book

of the same title on the remarkable differences between the sexes. Such differences can be

easily found in mens and womens attitudes towards several aspects of life among which is

marriage.

First and foremost, what separates men and women is their attitude towards love

after marriage. The romance seemingly comes to an end for men once the wedding bell

rings. They give themselves a long break from being the caring, considerate and sensitive

men that women fell in love with beforehand. Women, on the other hand, never take their

love for granted. Being announced as husbands and wives should not be the reason for them

to stop showing loving gestures towards each other, so women believe. Either men come

back from their rest or women succeed in reminding their men, otherwise, this difference

can lead to serious problem for their marriage.

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Student: Nguyen Hai Ha Apr 2nd, 2009

Group: E1K41

Another indicator of the gender difference in marriage is how they care for children.

Normally, women love children with their unconditional maternal instincts. Similar kind of

love for children develops less and later in men probably because women are the one who

are able to give birth, after all. It is said that women turn to mothers when they are

expecting their children whereas men become fathers when looking at their children for the

first time. How they express the affection and influence on the children are also quite not

the same. Mothers usually are the source of tenderness to children while fathers bring them

up with tough lessons.

Last but not least, an undeniable distinctiveness in the sexes attitude towards

marriage is their expected roles in the family and their reaction. If one of them has to be

responsible for the financial stability of the household, men have more advantages to deal

with the task. Home, therefore, is more likely to become under the absolute management of

women. As for the reaction, men, especially those from originally-feudalism-dominated

countries, may find this rather sexist order insignificant or even worse, satisfying since it

obviously does them and their pride no harm. However, women everywhere certainly and

rightfully consider it an enormous obstacle to their genders as well as the worlds

development. In this matter, apparently, men and women are poles apart.

All-in-all, when it comes to marriage, different ideas on romance, children andhousehold roles challenge the sexes harmony. However, as long as their love for each other

remains strong, men and women will undoubtedly overcome these differences and enjoy

the delights of each others company in the journey of life.

(436 words)