Hookup culture is reported to dominate every college campus. Penn is no exception. In fact, Penn apparently is the rule. As the “Social Ivy,” Penn’s nickname transcends into its romantic culture: ...

Experiencing a Nepali marriage reveals a rich cultural world that many outsiders rarely get to see. From the rituals to the ...

The world is changing faster than ever, yet something unexpected is happening in the marriage customs of several nations.

Mark Regnerus is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and a research associate of the university’s Population Research Center. An expert on sexual behavior and ...

When a diverse couple walks into your office, they bring with them a rich tapestry of cultures, traditions, and unique perspectives. Their worldviews, family rituals, communication styles, and ...

In India, marriage has long operated as a mechanism that transfers women from their natal homes into their husband’s families ...

One of the first uses of the term “lavender marriage” came from the British press in 1895, back when that particular color was code for queerness. Back, then it referred to a marriage between a man ...

Marriage is in decline in almost every part of the world. In the U.S., the marriage rate is roughly six per 1,000 people, a fall of nearly 60% since the 1970s. But this is still high compared with ...

Time was when some of the gamiest reading this side of Paris was to be found in the instructive pages of the marriage manuals. “In this little book,” says the preface to the 1939 edition of Married ...

Somewhere around 1549, an English priest introduced love into marriage. Sort of. Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury during Henry VIII’s break with Rome, was the author and compiler of the ...