Marriage is a complex social phenomenon, and its essence can be approached from different perspectives. From a social point of view, the origin and existence of marriage is to maintain social stability and development. In ancient societies, due to the relatively backward productivity and production relations, people needed to produce and collaborate as a family unit to cope with the uncertainty and risks of the external environment. In order to ensure the stability and continuity of the family, marriage came into being as an institution, which binds men and women together in the form of law, forming a stable family relationship, thus providing a stable labor force for social development.
From an individual point of view, marriage is also to meet people's needs for survival and reproduction. In human history, marriage used to be a form of economic and political alliance, through which economic and political benefits could be obtained. With the development of society, although the form and meaning of marriage have changed, the individual's demand for marriage still exists. People want to get financial support and security through marriage, but also hope to establish stable family relationships through marriage, reproduce offspring and pass on the family bloodline.
Some people think that marriage is a necessary result of love, and this view is just self-righteousness. In fact, society has never required people to marry for love. Love is a sensual emotion, whereas marriage is a rational institution. Although love can motivate people to enter into marriage, marriage is not the inevitable result of love. In real life, many people choose to marry someone they don't love for various reasons, such as family pressure, social status, financial interests, etc. Therefore, marriage is not a necessary result of love, but a choice that people make according to their own needs and external circumstances.
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