Equal Partnership: An Effective Component for an Ideal Marriage

Maryam ShafiPourMehadMahin, Nastaran Rafiee, Homa Derakhshesh

Abstract


Marriage is one of the most important human opportunities during a lifetime. Choosing a spouse is also the most important and sensible choice of every person's life. Because this choice reflects the worldly character and human future. The purpose of this study was to identify the rules of spouse selection based on male and female equality. The research method in this paper has been documentary and library study. In this way, the necessary information from the sources in this field is extracted and interpreted and explained. In this article, firstly, the importance of matching in choosing a spouse as well as spousal spouses are discussed. Then dimensions of spouse selection including geographical, religious, intellectual and social dimensions have been studied and analyzed and interpreted. Of course, the thing that matters here is that there is sympathy and compassion between couples, and the same gender is considered to be relative, given the conditions of men and women. In the end, considering the necessity of the research problem and its importance in the life of the youth, suggestions have been made to adhere to the principles of equal marriage in the marriage and attention to the abuser in choosing a spouse.

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