17
Equality in Marriage
I
T
IS
GENERALLY
understood that, marriages are
solemnized between families of equal status for
practical reasons. In such situations, it is believed
that adjustments would be easier and would,
thus, ensure a happy family life. However, in
reality, this is just a supposition. If we look closely,
we can find that marriages among equals suffer
as much. Equality, therefore, does not assure
success in nuptial relations. Asuccessful marriage
depends more on learning the art of management.
It is also commonly held that marriages do not
work for couples who come from different
educational backgrounds, and where there are
regional differences, and disparity in economic
status, etc. This is also a wrong assumption. A
home is similar to a full-fledged institution. Like
other institutions, a home also has many
departments. The easiest way to run this
institution is to have a division of labour between
men and women. Men and women should take
up different departments, in accordance with
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