what could be the reason that there is marriage system all over the world?

Question

how is the marriage thing all over the world same,

what i want to say is that why do each and every country has the same tradition called marriage.how did it started?

Answer 1

to try and stop people from fooling around

Answer 2

Though you've received such remarkably intuitive answers, I feel an urge to offer a ridiculous ponderance in comparison. Though it is not politically correct, perhaps a grain of truth will emerge nonetheless...

The reason why marriage rose up as an institution in civilization is to offer weaker men access to women. All the weaker males in a primitive tribe eventually banded together and challenged the control of the alpha male for access to females.

The best way (fairest way, I guess) is to stand for "one man...one woman." Further, to better cement the validity of this new credo, assigning religious significance to requiring fidelity in such a way was a natural outgrowth. Sorry girls, but the females will psychologically "go with the flow" and adapt to whatever system is put in place by the males. Mainly what's psychologically important to females on a primitive level is that there is a system...a sense of order for life moving forward, regardless of the system.

As tribes began to concretize into quasi-civilized groups, the power of the alpha male continued to be minimalized and mitigated by the needs of the group for order and civility. Eventually, the old natural ways were no more, and a new artificial system had supplanted the primitive.

You see, the institution started much earlier than most are aware of.

Answer 3

Marriage was an economic system. Marriage is still an economic system. Money has always been away to control others. A social contract on this just finalizes the deal.

If we suspended all the tax benefits of marriage, people would really have very little reason to do so. Each culture has its "perks". Don't be fooled, love has nothing to do with it.

Answer 4

Originally, it was to attach property inheritance of wife and husband. The church also played a part in requiring and sanctioning marriage when it would benefit from such unions. It was a land-grabbing scheme i.e. 'who has the gold makes the rules.' I vaguely remember that blood tests were begun to determine possible kinship. There can be risks to children if parents are related. If I'm wrong, somebody tell me.

Answer 5

Well, not exactly the same...


But sex makes babies & humans require a lot of care. So the unversiality of some type of pair bonding ritual should not come as a supprise.