Till Death Do Us Part

Although marriage can be one of the hardest things that a man and woman go through together, it is something that must be preserved and stay sacred. Although monogamous marriage has "aquired some blemishes," we still should work to keep marriage between a single man and woman (Wright 280). When two people take vows on their wedding day, they make lifelong promises to each other, closing it up with "death do us part." With divorce rates at an all-time high in today's society, these vows seem to no longer be promises, but just phrases that two people say to each other when they are embarking on a new journey together. Wright says that "human beings are designed to fall in love," and this should only be to one person whom someone can share their deepest and darkest secrets with (Wright 280).

"The human mind, like any other organ, was designed for the purpose of transmitting genes to the next generation" (Wright 280). Since the body was designed to reproduce and carry on human kind, it is not necessary to break the bonds of marriage to do so. Once someone has picked their life partner, they must realize that offspring are usually a part of marriage, so they need to marry knowing that children could very well be in the future. Monogamous marriage has been around for thousands of years, and just because our society has changed today does not mean that marriage should.

With affairs and divorce comes jealousy and despise. If someone finds out their partner has cheated on them, they become jealous of the other person, and the relationship can quickly fall apart. Wright states that "the modern environment has carried them [jealousies] to new heights, making marriage dicer than ever" (Wright 285). If monogamous marriage has worked for so many years, why are affairs that cause jealousy needed? They just aren't. Our society has turned marriage into a different bond than it used to be, full of affairs and divorce, which only causes heartache. Looking back on the thousands of years of monogamous marriage and the better relationships and lives people lead, it is apparent that monogamous marriage needs to stay an integral part of today's society, no matter what the media says.