CHANGING THE ATTITUDE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TOWARDS MARRIAGE WITH A FOCUS ON LAW AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS RELIGION AND CUSTOM

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Kameel Ahmady

Abstract

One pattern that has emerged today because of changing attitudes of young people in today's society is white
marriage, which has become one of the social challenges. White marriage is the way of life without
registering a formal and legal marriage that is accepted differently among young people. The purpose of this
study is to study the status of white marriage among young people who have experienced this lifestyle, the
causes of the tendency to this lifestyle and its consequences, in three metropolises, including Tehran,
Mashhad, and Isfahan. The theoretical framework of this research was interpretative and qualitative
methodological framework, along with a grounded theory that was used to determine the effective on
changing young people’s attitude towards marriage, including law, religious and custom. Some
environmental factors such as religiosity, tendency of individuals to official marriage and its reasons,
incidence of pregnancy and abortion, and Importance of virginity were studied. The existence of laws,
traditions and religious beliefs related to these factors in Iranian families has led to a change in young
people's attitudes towards formal marriage and their greater desire to continue the relationship and choose
white marriage. The results of the research indicated that the social rules, religious and custom, which are
governing, are involved in determining the phenomenon of cohabitation. Lack of acceptance by society and
family, lack of legal protection and having a secret relationship are some of the limitations of this way of
life. This research is published in 2021 by Mehri publication House with open door “A Comprehensive
Research Study on White Marriage (Cohabitation) in Iran”

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