Why do we get married?
People marry for various reasons. People marry each other so they can gain different advantages from each other. This may be looked at negative way such as gold digging but what I mean gain something from each other could be simply innocent love. In the same way they might also be doing it for reasons that deal with improving their status. For example in the Triobriand islander’s men marry wives so they can obtain yams. The more yams the couple have then the higher the ranking of their matrilineage. The higher ranking their matrilineage then there is more of a chance that the eldest male in that matrilineage will become chief. For the Trobriand islander’s yams are considered as a bank account. Yams also symbolize wealth and they are also used as gifts to impress some one. Yams are very important to this society so men are willing to marry wives in order to obtain yams.
