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    Marital Bliss or Doom
    (Tangaza University College, 2011) Wambui, Eva
    Marriage is one of the rite of passage that a person experiences in a later time in his or her life. Marriage is taken as a sacred institution where there is fusion of two imperfect people come together to be joined as one. This act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it. Its values, beliefs were held on to and strictly abided to in order to avoid consequences that were stipulated by the community elders. Cases of divorce, infidelity, marital conflicts were minimal and minor. These are problems that were solved by the parties involved and the elders. In today's marriage, most young people are confused about marriage: its value, role and meaning. Question of whether marriage is still a good idea, more so in today's more 'enlightened' and 'liberated' culture remains unclear to most young people. Concepts such as honor, trust, faithfulness, commitment seem to be challenges that face most marriages today. This problem is further being instigated by the everyday books, magazines, newspapers, soap operas and movies that bombard us with images of cheating spouses. Media is a powerful tool of communication and hence a powerful agenda setter.
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    Marital Bliss or Doom
    (Tangaza University College, 2011) Wambui, Eva
    Marriage is one of the rite of passage that a person experiences in a later time in his or her life. Marriage is taken as a sacred institution where there is fusion of two imperfect people come together to be joined as one. This act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it. Its values, beliefs were held on to and strictly abided to in order to avoid consequences that were stipulated by the community elders. Cases of divorce, infidelity, marital conflicts were minimal and minor. These are problems that were solved by the parties involved and the elders. In today's marriage, most young people are confused about marriage: its value, role and meaning. Question of whether marriage is still a good idea, more so in today's more 'enlightened' and 'liberated' culture remains unclear to most young people. Concepts such as honor, trust, faithfulness, commitment seem to be challenges that face most marriages today. This problem is further being instigated by the everyday books, magazines, newspapers, soap operas and movies that bombard us with images of cheating spouses. Media is a powerful tool of communication and hence a powerful agenda setter. Television images are conveyed and displayed in a strategic manner. These images are meant to represent or show the reality that dwells in the society. By repeating an issue and bringing the images out constantly, public mentality or mind is influenced by the images to adopt, believe or even develop a habit or culture as portrayed in the media.The evolvement of the media has further led to some cultural practices and beliefs being faced out, moral responsibility being demoralized and changed by the media. Marriage is often taken as a sacred and holistic front, but this aspect of marriage is now been commercialized. Values of marriage being put at a compromise, the public tends to naturalize some aspects of trust, faithfulness hence deeming it as a usual concept that is found in all marriages. This as a result causes rift to the married couples who have to deal with such challenges in their marriage.