Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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counsellor is the many couples who are
married, yet strangers to each other in their
own homes. They seem to share little in
common. Each goes his or her own way,
pausing only for occasional conversations —
those often arguments about money, child
rearing or sex. You wonder how they ever got
together in the rust place.
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With whatever good feelings a marriage takes
place, unpleasantness does crop up at one stage
or the other. This is generally due to the problems
of life, or the loss of sexual attractions. Now if the
husband and wife have come together sharing the
concept of a “marriage for a purpose,” then,
keeping in view the purpose they will overlook
all such unpleasant circumstances and continue
to live together. On the contrary, when the
marriage is taken just as a pleasure jaunt
(marriage for pleasure) then anything which is
not to their liking will take a serious turn. In such
a situation they will find no reason to tolerate
that unpleasantness and continue to remain
together.
