Unit 2. CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Traditionally, Americans and Asians have very different ideas about love and marrige. Americans belive in "romatic" marriage- a boy and a girl are attacted to each other, fall in love, and decide to marry each other. Asian, on the other hand, belive in "contractual" marriage- the parents of the bride and groom decide on the marriage; and love- if it ever develops- is supposed to follow marriage, not precede