I'm only 17, so in all honest, when it comes to marriage, I really have no opinion of what it's all about. Though, with all the affairs and scandals going on the lives of my friend's (technically, theri own parents) and even celebrities, I found this video made by CBC to be quite interesting.
Am I surprised that the number of married adults in Canada are going down? No, not really. One may ask why I feel this way. Well tying this in with what we have learned from communications class, I feel this ties in with Time and Space Binding societies, in the sense that technology may be playing a part in why people feel that they don;t need to have many children and don't need to be married to enjoy the pleasures of life.
Though technology has allowed many parents to stay at home with their children since they are now able to care for their children at home while working, it also creates more jobs and makes the term "Global Village" even more prevelent then it was before. For example, take a job like a Chartered Accountant, which is what I would like to be someday. As a chartered accountant, you have specialized in a career which is not just prevelent in Canada, but can potentially lead to job oppurtunities all over the world. Back in the day, one would remain a CA but would still be the typical soccer mom or hockey dad. Now it seems in accordance of the trends of less people being married, which one may assume means they don't have children as well, people are living their lives to the fullest by travelling, making money and fulfulling their dreams at the same time.
Whether this is the reason less people are married in Canada or not, I don't see how this would benefit or make society worse off.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment