Chapter 5 Essay One Options: CHOOSE ONLY ONE
Based on selections from Chapter 5, defend or refute the “love match.”
Based on selections from Chapter 5, defend or refute the traditional marriage.
Write a thesis that defends or refutes premarital cohabitation. Sample:
Premarital cohabitation (couples living together) seems appealing to many as a “testing period,” but the research shows that this trial is both inimical to marriage and especially exploitative for women. A close look at the psychological dynamics between premarital cohabitation reveal several unsavory factors, including ___________________________, _______________________________, _______________________________, ________________________________, and _____________________________________.
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Thesis Against Modern Marriage Model
While the transformation of marriage from an impersonal business to the quest for personal fulfillment and equal partnership has its advantages and moral virtues, it is apparent that marriage as a tool for happiness and self-fulfillment has turned on itself and become deleterious (harmful) to marriage evidenced by _____________________________, ____________________________, ______________________________, and _________________________________.
Thesis That Defends Modern Marriage Model
Of course, narcissists who use marriage for their own selfish ends will fail. But we should not construct a philosophy of marriage on the aberrant behavior of these nincompoops. While a marriage that aims for personal fulfillment and egalitarianism (partners treating each other as equals) surely has its share of foibles, it is the best marriage model we have. A comparison of the modern marriage model and the antiquated (outdated) one shows that the modern model is morally superior evidenced by _________________________, _____________________________, _________________________________, and ________________________________________.
Thesis That Challenges Modern Marriage Model Based on Human Nature
The modern marriage model is rooted in a romantic, unrealistic view of human nature, which is incapable of too much freedom. While I’m not advocating a marriage based on a patriarchy or monarchy in which the husband rules like a king, I do assert that the current marriage model exploits our human weaknesses by _______________________, __________________________, __________________________, and _____________________________________________.
Three Anti-Marriage Thesis Statements
While marriage had its purpose a generation ago, today marriage is an ill-advised farce and a foolish anachronism evidenced by _________________________, _________________________, ___________________________, and ________________________________.
Sadly, most Americans polled believe in marriage and aspire to be married someday. However, their dream is a misguided one based on an erroneous, and I daresay delusional, view of marriage. This grotesque marriage delusion is comprised of ___________________________, _____________________, _____________________, and _________________________.
Marriage is a beautiful idea, which is to say it sounds really good in theory. But the fact remains that marriage is not a theory. It is a condition defined by the quality of its parts. The parts in question are the moral qualities of the husband and wife. While some prospective spouses can implement marriage the way it is defined in theory—as the establishment of permanent love through self-sacrifice, compassion, and empathy—I am sad to report that the majority of Americans, emotionally and psychologically retarded from a culture that spawns rabid consumerism, petty vanity, and narcissistic selfishness, are incapable of implementing the Original Marriage Idea. Instead, what we see in the majority of cases is the Bastardization and Corruption of Marriage evidenced by _____________________, _______________________, ______________________, and ____________________________.
Pro-Marriage Thesis Statement with 3 mapping statements, not components.
Those who so insouciantly pooh-pooh marriage as a farcical irrelevance, as we see in the thesis examples above, reveal behind their thinly-veiled pseudo-intellectualism the need to rationalize their own woeful character defects. These defects include first the fear of intimacy and deeply felt connection which entails the inevitability of pain and suffering because we will all be ripped apart from those we love either through betrayal, sickness, or death. Secondly, the anti-marriage crowd would have us believe that marriage is not viable so that they can justify their desire to indulge in hedonism, moving like romantic nomads from one partner to another as they use and manipulate people in order to cater to their own selfish whims. And finally, the anti-marriage crowd demands too much of marriage, arguing that because marriage is not dependable enough, we cannot trust it. But this is true of anything in life. If you demand that life give you absolute certainty, you can never live. Instead, you will retreat into the Womb of Unconsciousness where you will remain, intractably, a fetus fated to never be born.
How do certain political groups use the Myth of the Traditional Nuclear Family to push their political agenda? The answer to this question is your thesis.
A Thesis That Uses the film Pleasantville to address the above topic:
The self-righteous do-gooder political hacks who embrace the marriage myths described in “Debunking Myths about marriages and Families” are trying to impose the same tyranny evident in the film Pleasantville. This tyranny consists of __________________________, ____________________________, _______________________________, and _____________________________________.
Addressing the issues raised in "Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood" (170) and "What Yale Women Want, and Why It Is Misguided" (176), develop a thesis that analyzes the conflict between a mother's work and her life as a mother.
Read "What Should a Billionaire Give--And What Should You?" by Peter Singer and critique the validity of his argument. It's okay if you write about Singer's argument outside the context of marriage, housewifery, etc.
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