A few days ago
Anonymous

What does this sentence mean?

I was looking up something about the East Indian family structure and it said:

“Divorce is prohibited and visiting unions are negatively

sanctioned and are relatively rare.”

I understand about the divorce but what is visiting unions, etc?

Top 4 Answers
A few days ago
Cole Ann

Favorite Answer

A “visiting union” is a relationship in which the man and woman are not married have a child or children and do not live together. And I’m assuming they were never married.

And negatively sanctioned means…. not given approval

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A few days ago
Anonymous
A “visiting union” is when a man visits a woman at the parent’s home and the man and woman are involved in some kind of romance or courtship. It covers everything from dinner to sleeping over. It sometimes refers to when a man and a woman live together with the woman’s family, usually for a short time, but are not legally married.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
In India a “visiting union” is defined as a “non-cohabiting but regular partnership.”
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A few days ago
teach2learn0707
It sounds to me like they are referring to dating. Perhaps arranged marriages are the norm there.
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