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“The people we end up married to or partnered up with end up being similar to us in race, religion, class background and age, which means that they might not be all that different from the person that your mother would have picked for you.” “I don’t think love marriage and arranged marriage are as different as we make them out to be,” said Michael J. Rosenfeld, an associate professor of sociology at Stanford University, in Ji Hyun Lee’s “Modern Lessons from Arranged Marriages.” In most cases, the couple’s families have known one another for a long while.įor many individuals, arranged marriages can be extremely beneficial. Compared to the 55 percent of marriages in the world that are arranged, this low statistic shows the success rate of arranged marriages.Ĭontrary to forced marriages, in which the individuals are at risk of being disowned should they disagree with the marriage, arranged marriages are sought with the hope for a stable relationship over time. While the misconception with arranged marriages is that they will fail, the majority of arranged marriages are successful.Īccording to a 2012 study by Statistic Brain, the global divorce rate for arranged marriages was 6 percent - a significantly low number. My parents had an arranged marriage, and it has worked out extremely well. The major downfall to an arranged marriage is that in some cases, the individuals in question have had no prior meeting and know little, if anything, of each other. An arranged marriage can be as successful or unsuccessful as a love marriage.