E1 - Initial Research - Getting Married Earlier

People should get married earlier in Korea.

Ideas:

Getting married earlier in the culture will put pressure on young people to get married out of pressure rather than out of love?

So what?

Marriages based on love are better.

Why?

1. Love & Marriage
As we know, nowadays love is one thing and marriage is another. Matchmaking programs and paid middlemen help people find partners for marriage and are very …

Initial Research: (Titles of Articles Given)
Korea Times Search: Married
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1. + Married Woman Graduates From Ewha for First Time

1. + Married Women Happier Than Singles

1. + Single Koreans Have Higher Suicide Rate Than Married Ones

1. - Marriage Structure Changing
13 May 2007 … Married couples are facing a major change not only inside the family … “I have been married for 27 years. I wouldn’t say marriage was a …

1. - Higher Education Hinders Women From Marriage
17 Mar 2008 … With an increasing number of women working in the business front, the marriage rates for women with more than a college education have been …

Costs

1. Marriage Costs 55 Million Won
13 Aug 2009 … Marriage Costs 55 Million Won. By Jane Han Staff Reporter A diligent saver and thrifty spender, 28-year-old Suh Jee-ai has put away at least …

? Marriage and Divorce
The proverb “It takes two to tango” is applicable in marriage. If one spouse forgives the other, a rift or conflict can be fixed, though of course such …

1. ? Dating Experiences Determine Attitude on Marriage
8 Dec 2009 … The belief about marriage is that the more partners a person dates, the higher the bar they set for their spouse-to-be, making it harder to …

1. ? Half of Single Women Don’t See Marriage as Necessary
26 Nov 2008 … About half of single women don’t consider marriage a necessary part of their lives, while only four in 10 children consider supporting their …

1. - 35% of Women Consider Marriage Optional
12 Jun 2007 … Thirty-five out of every hundred women living in Seoul consider marriage as an option rather than obligation. …

1. - Children Can Strain Marriage
Renowned marriage historian Stephanie Coontz recently wrote in a piece for the New York Times, “Till Children Do Us Part,” that baby not only makes three, …

IDEA: People often have children soon after getting married, and being married with children is more stressful for younger people than those who have more life-experience.

1. ? Camp for Singles Encourages Marriage
Social experts say that the spiking demand for professional marriage consulting is a natural result from people’s obsession over materialistic values. …