Arranged marriage - what reaction does that incite in you?

    This week, we’re delving into Indian marriage: who has arranged ones and can people be happy in them?  McCall and Cass have conversations with Celia Daniels, an Indian trans woman in a heterosexual arranged marriage; Monique, an Indian Australian woman who opted to have a non-arranged marriage; and Manpreet, a Punjabi woman who opted to marry a fellow Sikh.

Summary

• [02:22 ] Reminder: Who is Celia Daniels?


• [03:02 ] Celia Daniels on Indian, Christian, Arranged Marriage


• [07:04 ] Celia on her duality as womxn and husband/father


• [08:35 ] McCall + Cass on arranged marriage


• [09:11 ] Who participates in arranged marriages? Where did this idea come from?


• [12:01 ] Types of arranged marriages

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• [16:30 ] "Moonies'" Unification mass-ceremony arranged marriages


• [20:40 ] Love is Blind…?


• [22:13 ] Divorce + statistics, in the U.S.


• [24:00 ] The caste system - in the U.S, too….?


• [24:47 ] Is arranged marriage like the show “Married at First Sight”?


• [27:20 ] Introduction to Manpreet in Punjab


• [27:47 ] Manpreet on arranged marriage


• [28:21 ] Monique's happy marriage


• [30:29 ] Monique on gender roles in India


• [34:52 ] What’s to come, Cass?
  
  

Quotes

• [19:27 ] “The mirror of love is blind. It makes zucchini into okra.” --Arabic saying


• [29:04 ] "I don't think it's the things that keep you together... It's when things go bad, and they're not enough to break you apart... that's when you know that it's a good relationship." --Monique Kalmar

Recommended Resources

• Find Celia Daniels on Facebook or on LinkedIn or Instagram


• Support Celia Daniels’ work at https://transcanwork.org/


• Email Monique Kalmar at monique@psychologypathways.com


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