PDF Version. What is polygamy, and what is polyamory? And how do people feel about being in polygamous and polyamorous relationships in modern-day societies, cultures, and subcultures? Let’s consider what these types of relationships are, how they are similar, and … Continue reading
Category Archives: marriages in cultural contexts
The Emotional Challenges of Being in Polygamous Relationships
PDF Version. What are polygamous relationships? What do spouses think, and how do they feel about this relationship? Do they like being in such a relationship, or do they not? The concept of polygamy refers to polygamous relationships—the practice of … Continue reading
How Does the Romeo and Juliet Effect Work in Different Cultures?
Authors: Victor Karandashev and Ernest Light PDF Version Young women and men may believe that they are free to fall in love, and romantic partners who they choose are their individual choice. However, their family members and networks of friends … Continue reading
Why Does Love Hurt? This Is What the Story of Lucy and George in “A Room with a View” Tells Us
PDF version. As I described in my previous article, modern cultures motivate us to live and love authentically. This entails being genuine and forthright with oneself and others. This also entails accepting accountability for your errors. Such an authenticity can … Continue reading
Authentic Love Is Challenging and Can Hurt
PDF version. Modern life gives us much more freedom to be authentic in our lives, relationships, and love. The freedom to be authentic with yourself is great. However, it is also challenging; the feeling of authenticity can hurt. What Authenticity … Continue reading
Attitudes toward Cleanliness and Wastefulness in Bicultural Marriages in Japan
PDF version. Couples in bicultural marriages face numerous challenges when trying to sustain love. Some practical issues, such as attitudes toward cleanliness and wastefulness, can play a very important role in bicultural marriages in Japan. In one of my previous … Continue reading
How Sensitivity and Humility Work in Bicultural Marriages in Japan
PDF version. Intercultural partners encounter numerous challenges when attempting to find and maintain love in a bicultural marriage. For example, culturally specific attitudes towards sensitivity and humility are crucial in bicultural marriages in Japan. In one of the previous articles, … Continue reading
Can Touch and Intimacy Sustain Love in Bicultural Marriages in Japan?
PDF version. In bicultural marriages, intercultural partners face numerous obstacles when trying to establish and maintain love. For example, culturally specific attitudes towards touch and intimacy are important to sustain love in bicultural marriages in Japan. I went over the … Continue reading
How Online Dating Changed Cross-Cultural Love and Relationships
The last several decades have witnessed the emergence and extensive development of dating websites. This progress greatly changed the way partners meet, love, and how their relationships evolve. How Dating Websites Emerged and Expanded It may look surprising that the … Continue reading
How Assertion and Hesitation Help Sustain Love in Bicultural Marriages in Japan
Intercultural partners experience many challenges in building and sustaining love in bicultural marriages. In the previous article, we reviewed the key problems that Japanese and American partners encounter in their bicultural marriages. We explored those cases of third-culture marriage in … Continue reading