Freedom

Freedom is ultimately the most important essence of man. The deprivation of freedom is thus the worst form of punishment that can be meted out to discipline a man into submission. Prisons, or the threat of imprisonment, coerce man out of his subjectivity and bind him over law. We exchange socially acceptable behaviour for freedom, never letting loose our innate indecency and allowing it to impede our freedom. We imagine ourselves to be under watchful eyes, on constant scrutiny, and the fear of a forceful takeover of our freedom serves as a deterrent to any perversion of social standards. Dereliction is to be punished at all costs, no matter how mild it is.

Marriage requires the surrender of freedom as a lone individual in exchange for a mutual consensus of commitment into a relationship that is to last till death. It is legally bound and hence accepted by law to warrant legal protection that guards both the parties involved and the human contract. The anathema to marriage, divorce, serves as the only breach that renounces the commitment made at the time of marriage. As a result of the breach, an alimony is to be paid in compensation for failing to deliver the commitment. In this case, the male has to pay the alimony even though the termination of the contract is agreed upon by both parties, and his financial freedom enters another new contract that is, this time round, to last for a lifetime. What a mockery to the sacred mission of procreation.