# Getting Married — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw.

- [Preface to Getting Married](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/preface-to-getting-married.md): The preface introduces the central debate surrounding marriage as an institution, critiquing its legal and social foundations, and setting the stage for the play's exploration of marriage as a flawed but necessary social
- [The Revolt Against Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-revolt-against-marriage.md): The chapter critiques the dangerous nonsense surrounding marriage, condemning both the inhumanity of marriage law and the anarchical tendency of rebellious spirits to form illicit unions. The author advises young women a
- [Marriage Nevertheless Inevitable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/marriage-nevertheless-inevitable.md): The chapter argues that despite widespread revolt against marriage, it remains practically compulsory for normal people due to legal, social, and economic pressures. Open violation leads to ruin, and even illicit unions 
- [What Does the Word Marriage Mean?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/what-does-the-word-marriage-mean.md): This chapter examines the ambiguous and varied meanings of the word 'marriage,' arguing that it is not a fixed natural institution but a social construct with different forms across cultures and legal systems. Shaw criti
- [Survivals of Sex Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/survivals-of-sex-slavery.md): This chapter critiques the institution of marriage by exposing its foundations in property law and sex slavery, arguing that current marriage laws are based on the morality of the tenth commandment, which treats women as

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- [The New Attack on Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-new-attack-on-marriage.md)
- [A Forgotten Conference of Married Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/a-forgotten-conference-of-married-men.md)
- [Hearth and Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/hearth-and-home.md)
- [Too Much of a Good Thing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/too-much-of-a-good-thing.md)
- [Large and Small Families](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/large-and-small-families.md)
- [The Gospel of Laodicea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-gospel-of-laodicea.md)
- [For Better for Worse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/for-better-for-worse.md)
- [Wanted: An Immoral Statesman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/wanted-an-immoral-statesman.md)
- [The Limits of Democracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-limits-of-democracy.md)
- [The Science and Art of Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-science-and-art-of-politics.md)
- [Why Statesmen Shirk the Marriage Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/why-statesmen-shirk-the-marriage-question.md)
- [The Question of Population](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-question-of-population.md)
- [The Right to Motherhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-right-to-motherhood.md)
- [Monogamy, Polygyny and Polyandry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/monogamy-polygyny-and-polyandry.md)
- [The Male Revolt Against Polygyny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-male-revolt-against-polygyny.md)
- [Difference Between Oriental and Occidental Polygyny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/difference-between-oriental-and-occidental-polygyny.md)
- [The Old Maid's Right to Motherhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-old-maid-s-right-to-motherhood.md)
- [Ibsen's Chain Stitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/ibsen-s-chain-stitch.md)
- [Remoteness of the Facts from the Ideal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/remoteness-of-the-facts-from-the-ideal.md)
- [Difficulty of Obtaining Evidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/difficulty-of-obtaining-evidence.md)
- [Marriage as a Magic Spell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/marriage-as-a-magic-spell.md)
- [The Impersonality of Sex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-impersonality-of-sex.md)
- [The Economic Slavery of Women](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-economic-slavery-of-women.md)
- [Unpopularity of Impersonal Views](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/unpopularity-of-impersonal-views.md)
- [Impersonality Is Not Promiscuity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/impersonality-is-not-promiscuity.md)
- [Domestic Change of Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/domestic-change-of-air.md)
- [Home Manners Are Bad Manners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/home-manners-are-bad-manners.md)
- [Spurious “Natural” Affection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/spurious-natural-affection.md)
- [Carrying the War Into the Enemy’s Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/carrying-the-war-into-the-enemy-s-country.md)
- [Shelley and Queen Victoria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/shelley-and-queen-victoria.md)
- [A Probable Effect of Giving Women the Vote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/a-probable-effect-of-giving-women-the-vote.md)
- [The Personal Sentimental Basis of Monogamy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-personal-sentimental-basis-of-monogamy.md)
- [Divorce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/divorce.md)
- [Importance of Sentimental Grievance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/importance-of-sentimental-grievance.md)
- [Divorce Without Asking Why](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/divorce-without-asking-why.md)
- [Economic Slavery Again the Root Difficulty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/economic-slavery-again-the-root-difficulty.md)
- [Labor Exchanges and the White Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/labor-exchanges-and-the-white-slavery.md)
- [Divorce Favorable to Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/divorce-favorable-to-marriage.md)
- [Male Economic Slavery and the Rights of Bachelors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/male-economic-slavery-and-the-rights-of-bachelors.md)
- [The Pathology of Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-pathology-of-marriage.md)
- [The Criminology of Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-criminology-of-marriage.md)
- [Does It Matter?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/does-it-matter.md)
- [Christian Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/christian-marriage.md)
- [Divorce a Sacramental Duty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/divorce-a-sacramental-duty.md)
- [Othello and Desdemona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/othello-and-desdemona.md)
- [What Is to Become of the Children?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/what-is-to-become-of-the-children.md)
- [The Cost of Divorce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/the-cost-of-divorce.md)
- [Conclusions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/conclusions.md)
- [Getting Married](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/getting-married.md)
- [Getting Married](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/getting_married_se/chapters/getting-married.md)

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