Love and Marriage Coexist

Marriage and love have often been opposed to one another in the eyes of philosophers. Queen Victoria, for instance, called her marriage to Prince Albert a love match. There's also an emphasis on class mobility that starts to emerge during the 20th century. So given what we've said about marriage and its history, we can see that it's an institution that is not inherently about love - at least not historically.

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