Empirically, Arranged Marriages Are Terrible Because No One Is Ever

question 7

Multiple Choice

Empirically, arranged marriages are terrible because no one is ever satisfied with their marriages.Is this true or false? Why?

• A) False: They at least start out with more marital satisfaction than people in love marriages.
• B) True: Arranged marriages signal a lack of personal agency, leading to unhappiness.
• C) False: Only women have marital dissatisfaction in arranged marriages.
• D) True: Arranged marriages have always been rare in human history because our ancestors understood that it leads to marital dissatisfaction.
• E) False: Arranged marriages that last over 10 years have greater marital satisfaction than love marriages.

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