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Anyway, let's get to the main point.
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What is going on?
Lately, there has been a decrease in marriages in Singapore. This inevitably leads to low birth rate. There are many reasons for this phenomenon but I believe one of the more interesting reasons is that people are not willing to marry those who are not equally qualified. Therefore, I would like to research on how a women and men’s qualification affect his or her chances of getting a partner. Ladies would only want to marry up i.e. be married to men with better or at least equal qualifications. Men, similarly, would want to marry women of lower or at most equal qualifications.
What’s the main question?
In this modern era, would a man marry someone with higher qualification and similarly, would a woman accept a man with lower qualification than her?
What’s my take on it?
If people were given chances to look beyond qualifications, there might be a higher chance of ‘inter-qualification’ marriages.
What is the objective of this study?
The objective of this study is to determine how important is a person’s qualification in his or her love life and thus how can it increase the number of courtships which would eventually turn into marriages-- the first step to having children.
Who is it for?
I believe that readers from SDU and matchmaking companies what benefit largely from this research. They can use the knowledge obtained to plan their activities in such a way that it solves or at least minimize tension occurred due to this problem. In the end, it would aid in match making couples who might get married and have babies.
Is doing a survey on this necessary?
It is crucial to conduct a survey in this research as many people will have different takes on this issue. It is important to look into the different ideas put forth so that compelling solutions can be derived. Thus, a comprehensive survey is needed so that we can see how the targeted population reacts to such an issue. It would eventually yield an accurate result, thus pin-pointing solutions to resolve problems faced.
Who will you choose?!
7 comments:
Hi Miranda. This phenomenon that you have described is very evident in a society where everyone is increasingly receiving a higher level of education. Sometimes, the ability to achieve certain material needs are valued over the love between a couple. Sadly, this is a increasing problem in Singapore without any concrete solution. There is some difficulties in wanting people to look beyond others' qualifications. Also, people might not want to get married might be due to some other reasons, like they might want to concentrate on their career or they just want to enjoy their single lives.
Cheers,
Chong Guan
Hi Miranda, the issue you brought up about the decreasing marriage rates is very true, but I think that it is not so much women wanting to marry up and guys wanting to marry down. I feel it is more of singles wanting to concentrate on their careers first before getting married. Like we all would already know, with higher education means greater ambitions, so career definitely comes first nowadays. There are as many male graduates as there are female graduates, so it is not so much a problem finding a qualified partner for females. Qualifications may be a factor, no doubt, but it probably isn't the main factor that is causing this problem, and might only be true for some uneducated males who are the minority. Nonetheless, the issue of decreasing marriages is an interesting one, and perhaps we could work around this topic.:)
Hi Miranda, there could be a variety of personal reasons for one not to be involved in an ‘inter-qualification’ marriage. However, the root of this issue, I believe, lies in the societal stereotypes which exist in the minds of men and women. Somehow, it is quite saddening to think about how we judge a person based on what he/she possesses, rather than appreciating a person for who he/she is, even with regards to our life partners. Since the idea of ‘inter-qualification’ marriage involves quite a major change in people’s mindsets, it could take a long time to be accepted. Although I feel that this research might not benefit the current generation, but it would definitely be a feasible and practical long term solution for the downward marriage trend. For now, it would be necessary to at least bring awareness of this issue through your research.
Hi Miranda, I think you meant “on the other hand” rather than ‘similarly” in the sentence, “Men, similarly, would want to marry women of lower or at most equal qualifications.”
When you wrote ‘comprehensive survey”, who did you have in mind as your sample population?
I believe you can rephrase your general question to “Would people look beyond qualifications in their search for a life partner?”
Lastly, based on your research question, shouldn’t your objective be to survey people’s views (please specify your targeted research population) on how qualifications affect one's chances of getting a life partner instead of simply the importance of a person’s "qualification in his or her love life"? A thought for you to ponder: Is there a difference between love life and life partner?
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