Politics of Wedding

Every little girl's dream (well not every little girl but the majority) is to one day, fall in love, get whisk away by the man she loves, asked to be married, have a magical wedding, move in together, have kids, and live in a white picket fence home that not only has been pushed in the media (grand weddings such as Kim Kardashian and other high A-List celebrities; Yes, even Kate Middleton) but in magazines and so much more.

Realistically, the U.S. has one of the highest divorce rates in the WORLD; not really a shock considering these make belief weddings are more for show rather than the true wish or journey of true love. People often time, in weddings, like to express their love fatally through the expense of grand weddings. But once the spot light and the beauty of these make-belief weddings diminish, reality surfaces ruining this innocence.

It is frequently reported that the divorce rate in America is 50%. This data is not entire true or accurate, however, it is reasonably close to actual. The Americans for Divorce Reform estimates that "Probably, 40 or possibly even 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce if current trends continue.", which is actually a projection.

So then why is it that we have this undying image of faith, soul mate, and love? Our media plays a pivotal role in this manifestation of undying love. Disney characters and films specifically target young girls at an age of vulnerability (five or six) and teaches them at a young age to fantasize about a "true Love" and grand wedding. Reality Televisions and the media such as, "Kim Kardashian's Wedding" and the royal wedding (Kate Middleton and the Prince) all play a role in this impossible ideal, unrealistic, wedding and love life. We know the reality of weddings.

This photo was found in a Wedding Magazine website. All I did was type in "Weddings and Love" on the Google search engine, clicked on Images, and Google gave me thousands of images of lovers kissing, wedding cakes, white dresses, more kisses. Similar to what we see in Disney movies (shown to kids such as, Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella) this issue is teaching young kids this unrealistic and biased image of an ideal marriage love and life. Too much has the media and Disney films have romanticized weddings when the reality of marriage life isn't about glamor and beauty but consensus and compromise. I have eight siblings, being one of the youngest, seeing my siblings and their marriages have taught me and my little cousins at a young age how unrealistic Disney has set the standards of marriage to be. I am not trying to be cynical but trying to show how the MEDIA has tried to convey and impossible idea of marriage and love through romanticizing our thoughts of marriage life. From what I have seen from my own analysis of my family's personal marriages that marriage isn't as romantic as these films have set them out to be but requires integrity and patience.

Nevertheless, the image is trying to convey an impossible ideal marriage of LOVE and Romance and if you search on the website or even look through TV commercials (Kay Jewelers) you will see even more manifestation of this type of romanticism.