Marriage - Purpose of | S2E2 (2022.09.14)

Mr. Homemaker

Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7y-brjyqpSA
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Mr. Homemaker's Definition & Purpose of MARRIAGE [Draft as of Sep 24, 2022]:
A life-long contract establishing
* mutual support and enrichment
* sexual exclusivity
* intention to jointly
-- cultivate a well-functioning family, including
-- bring-up children

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References
Seven Types of Love: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201606/these-are-the-7-types-love;
Family & Marriage: The Functionalist Perspective on the Family – ReviseSociology;
Why Bother with Marriage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4FLeY6F9g;
US Supreme Court on Marriage: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/14-556;
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• Classical Philosophy distinguishes six kinds of “love” relevant to our model of Marriage - Romantic Love being just one kind.
  • (1) Passionate Love [Eros] entails sexual “Romantic Love”
  • (2) Playful, Uncommitted Love [Ludus] entails fun and/or conquest - with no strings attached
  • (3) Friendship [Philia] entails mutual good will
  • (4) Familial Love [Storge] is like Friendship, but rooted in dependency, familiarity, and our identity (rather than qualities)
  • (5) Practical Love [Pragma] is founded on reason, duty, and long-term interests
  • (6) Universal Love (e.g. of strangers) [Agape] is unselfish, altruistic concern for welfare of other [generally]

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United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Opinion, OBERGEFELL v. HODGES -

• Four principles and traditions demonstrate that the reasons marriage is fundamental under the Constitution -

1. personal choice regarding marriage is inherent in the concept of individual autonomy;
2. a two-person union unlike any other in its importance to the committed individuals;
3. it safeguards children and families and thus draws meaning from related rights of childrearing, procreation, and education;

• (a) Without the recognition, stability, and predictability marriage offers, children suffer the stigma of knowing their families are somehow lesser.
• (b) They also suffer the significant material costs of being raised by unmarried parents, relegated to a more difficult and uncertain family life.
• (c) Precedent protects the right of a married couple not to procreate, so the right to marry cannot be conditioned on the capacity or commitment to procreate.

4. marriage is a keystone of the Nation’s social order

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TED: Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved at https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_rethinking_infidelity_a_talk_for_anyone_who_has_ever_loved

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Hoofdstukken

1. Marriage - Purpose of | S2E2 (2022.09.14) (00:00:00)

2. Welcome & Topic Intro (00:01:02)

3. Joined by the Mrs (00:08:27)

4. Types of Love (00:10:30)

5. Commitment (00:14:41)

6. Commitment - Exceptions to (e.g. Cheating - Infidelity - Adultery) (00:15:53)

7. Sexual Exclusivity (00:19:39)

8. Weddings - Why We Have Them /&/ No-Fault Divorce (Thanks, 1970s) (00:26:38)

9. Expressions of Appreciation (00:31:56)

10. Divorce - Ever Justified ? (00:32:33)

11. Children - Do Their Parents Need to be Married ? (00:40:33)

12. How Modern Courtship (e.g. Online Dating) has Changed the Marital Dynamics (00:45:56)

13. Do Generation X & Millennials have MORE Marital Problems than Past Generations ? /&/ College - Unintended Consequences for Marriage (00:47:30)

14. Specialization & Division of Labor between Spouses /&/ Women LOVE a Man with Skills (00:51:13)

15. Adjournment (01:00:58)