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Between 1975 and 1995, the singulate mean age at marriage in Japan increased from 24.5 to 27.7 years for women and from 27.6 to 30.7 years for men, making Japan one of the latest‐marrying populations in the world. Over the same period, the proportion of women who will never marry, calculated from age‐specific first‐marriage probabilities pertaining to a particular calendar year, increased from 5 to 15 percent for women and from 6 to 22 percent for men—behaviors sharply different from those characterizing the universal‐marriage society of earlier years. This article investigates how and why these changes have come about. The reasons are bound up with rapid educational gains by women, massive increases in the proportion of women who work for pay outside the home, major changes in the structure and functioning of the marriage market, extraordinary increases in the prevalence of premarital sex, and far‐reaching changes in values relating to marriage and family life.

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Trends in Mixed Marriage -- 1. The United States Has Become More Accepting of Interracial Marriage -- 2. Interracial Marriages in England Are Common -- 3. South Asians in North America Are More Open to Mixed Unions -- 4. The South Asian Community in England Sees a Rise in Mixed Marriages -- 5. In Mideast, Interfaith Couples Travel to Cyprus to Wed -- 6. Toronto Is the Mixed-Marriage Capital of Canada -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Factors That Influence the Prevalence of Mixed Marriage -- 1. Malaysian Mixed Marriages Are Common and Accepted in Multicultural Society -- 2. Japanese Women Are Influenced by the Media to Prefer Western Men -- 3. Northern Ireland's Acceptance of Catholic-Protestant Marriages Is Based on Class and Economic Factors -- 4. Indonesia Has Made Legal Improvements for Mixed Marriages -- 5. Interfaith Marriages in the Philippines Are Based on Common Heritage -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Barriers to Mixed Marriage -- 1. India Is Not Fully Accepting of Interfaith Marriages -- 2. Jordanian Women in Mixed Marriages Face Legal Discrimination -- 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Sectarian Divide Is Influencing Interfaith Marriage Rates -- 4. Tribal Fighting Frightens Kenya's "Mixed" Couples -- 5. Intertribal Marriages in Africa Are Stigmatized -- 6. Russia's Mixed Marriages Are Endangered by Cultural and Religious Pressures -- 7. South Korea Does Not Support Multicultural Couples -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Some Consequences of Mixed Marriage -- 1. The Global Prevalence of Interracial Marriage Will Eventually Blur Racial Distinctions -- 2. Turks with African Ancestors Want Their Existence to Be Felt.

"For better or worse. For richer or poorer. Till death us do part ... We've always done it, we're still doing it. Straight, queer, coupled or uncoupled, none of us live outside the cultural and psychological influence of marriage and all of us are written into its story. But why this highly contested and ancient practice has remained relevant to so many is by no means certain. Is it an act of love, a leap of faith, a holy bond, a contractual commitment, a bid for security, a framework for family, a hedge against being alone? Or could its traditional cover conceal something a bit more radical? Why do we do it at all? Drawing on philosophy, film, fiction, comedy, psychoanalysis, music and poetry, Devorah Baum considers the marriage plot. What are we really talking about when we talk about marriage? And what are we really doing when we say, 'I do'? Entertaining, illuminating, candid and consoling, On Marriage is a critique and a celebration of the many contradictions of matrimony - its sorrows as well as its joys - and an enquiry into its effects on us all"--Publisher's description

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Struggle over Gay Marriage -- Chapter 1: A History of Gay Rights in America -- Chapter 2: Marriage-the Final Frontier in Gay Rights -- Chapter 3: The Case for Gay Marriage -- Chapter 4: The Case Against Gay Marriage -- Chapter 5: The Future of Gay Marriage -- Notes -- Discussion Questions -- Organizations to Contact -- For More Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- About the Author -- Back Cover