Is the cohabiting couple to be treated as a married pair? 

According to author , marriage is union of two people who are legally, morally and culturally linked.

Marriage is an institution as it is social and legal structure that serves many functions for a community culturally patterned and integrated into other basic social institutions such as education, economy and politics and it also identify married spouses in ways that distinguish them from others

Marriage matter to men as it gives them direction in life and achieve goals.

One of the central problems in modern society is putting various legitimate boundaries around modern individuals’ seemingly limitless desires for well-being, comfort, luxury, and prestige.

Social capital consist of extensive networks of individuals linked by bonds of trustworthiness and trust.

Normative marriage is the kind of marriage that follows social norms and values.it follows the law, rules, limitations on desire and implement the feeling of responsibility as specified by the society.

Marriage exists everywhere, although the concept of marriage varies by location. Every civilization has its own set of marital traditions and values. Whatever it is, it allows two adults of opposite sexes the legal right to live as life partners, satisfying each other’s desires. Every marriage, in every area, follows norms and patterns, and the same is true in the United States. In America, the structured marriage known as normative marriage has six dimensions. The first point to mention is...