Genetically speaking, there are no physical impediments to interracial marriage. Therefore factors that help or hinder the success of mixed marriages as compared to within-group-marriages are not genetic, but are taught and learned by individuals living in a community. Groups and individuals "speak" through implied and usually unwritten statements that become cultural pressures--"shoulds" and "should nots"--that can affect the potential partners' decisions before marriage and the quality of marriage afterwards. When people arrive …showed first 75 words of 442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 442 total…speaks of the "normal" height of a person, it could mean about 5 feet 10 inches. But for a Japanese, "normal" may mean something else. Normal number of meals a day may refer to three in one culture, two in another. Dependency of a wife may be a virtue in one culture, while frowned upon in another. Other potentially problematic differences include relationships with parents and in-laws, decision-making between partners, and the rearing and discipline of children.