The following article describes the basic difference between arranged marriage and forced marriage. In arranged marriages,the parents take the values of their son/daughter into consideration and search for the best match. where as in forced marriages the parents think that their choice is the best for their son/daughter. However in this generation parents do not force their children to marry the person of their choice.
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/zuffoletti/traditional.html
That's because the parents nowadays have an open mind and thy know how much is force marriage affect the life of their son and daughter.
ReplyDeleteVijaya - Your description is very helpful and the article is nice and short. I like the way you can click on the sections to the left to get more information.
ReplyDeleteI took a quick look at the references and that's a good thing to see.
When I have a bit more time, I'm going to watch the video. I looks very interesting. I'm so glad you chose this topic because I can get more information from sources that you think have good information. If I just googled 'arranged marriage' who knows what kind of information I'd find.