Marriage is bio-psychic phenomena which ensures social continuity & survival of society as it also results in enculturation. Thought biological & socio-cultural needs puts limitation on individual & increases obligations, but found in nearly all human societies. Also sexual & psychological satisfaction bestowed by m’age can’t be ignored.
Need of Existence
- To Check Chaos that may result because of Sexual competition
- Competition b/c unlike other animals, human female have capacity to mate thr-out year ; not much marked sexual dimorphism → fierce comp → chaos, if not curtailed
- It by proving institutionalised mating ;
- Security of Mother-Newborn Combination
- Due to dependence of newborn – as Due to evolution from knuckles walking apes to bipedal man → change → baby grow with immature brain, thus Woman requires help + before child get independent → women gets pregnant again)
- This could not be possible without some binding norms in the form of existence of the institution of m’age.
Conclusion – As Two needs Curtailing sexual completion & supporting mother -child combo are recognised universally in all human beings. Thus m’age is universal. But varies in its manifestation, Rules, characteristic & functions.
