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1. ““A Match Made in Heaven”A Match Made in Heaven”
About Being Equallyoked

2. ““A Match Made in Heaven”A Match Made in Heaven”
• “Equally Yoked” (Eek quel ee
yoak‘d) - “…is a match made in
Heaven…” …is when a couple – pair
off … and recognize, identify with,
related to, believe in, bond with, marries
and forms a family one with another of
the same (orthe same (or nearlynearly equal) ‘Civil Identityequal) ‘Civil Identity’
… and are considered in a
developing multi-cultural society,
to be ‘equallyoked’.
-Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

3. ““Equallyoked”Equallyoked”
The term 'Equallyoked' (or equally yoked)
either way, is derived from two words;
• “Equally” - meaning “alike”, in a “balanced”
manner, “the same” or to “the same” degree of,
etc.,1
• “Yoked” - means (Latin, jungere 'to join‘), …
fastened around the neck to… join together, ….
burdened with.2
• History: May have evolved from synonyms, with
meanings, such as: Equitably, Fairly, Justly.3
Sentence: “They were an ‘equally yoked’
couple of from families of just ordinary
means.”4
- Word Meanings - Etymology (Equally yoked)

4. ““idealistic”idealistic”
• “Although it seems rather a bit
‘idealistic’, an equallyoked
relationship is, in fact, the oldest
most respected type of pairing off
of couples here on earth.”
An Anonymous Quote
Psychotherapist/ Social Psychiatry
Old Eastern Slavonica Culture, Russia

5. ““Coupling-Up”Coupling-Up”
“UnequallyokedUnequallyoked”
• Deviant social
mores.
• Perverse
motives.
• Diverse ‘civil
identities’ for
aberrant
coupling-up.
“EquallyokedEquallyoked”
• The very same
civil identity – a
social mores.
• Nearly equal or
very similar civil
identities.
• Abiding in ‘true’
family values for
extending family
lineage.
“In-equallyokedIn-equallyoked”
• Incestual
relationships-
with a marital
outcome.
• Enmeshed
distance family
relationships.
• Maybe 1st
or 2nd
cousins
resulting in
marriage.
- Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

6. ..a Social Phenomena…..a Social Phenomena…
• A couple (usually a heterosexual
dyadic) who are of very similar or
the same ‘civil identity’..
• Any couples who are bonded
together and who are of the ‘same’
or ‘very similar’ civil identities…
- Sociology 101: Social Phenomenology

7. Civil Identities:Civil Identities:
• Ethnicity: Euro-American
• Political Party: “Green”
• Race: Anglo, Color: Light
• Religion: Christian
• Disability: None Known
• Age: 21 ½
• Sex: MaleMale
• Preference: Hetero.
• Marital Status: Single
Example 1Example 1 Example 2Example 2
-Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology
• Ethnicity: Euro-American
• Political Party: “Green”
• Race: Anglo, Color: Light
• Religion: Christian
• Disability: None Known
• Age: 21
• Sex: FemaleFemale
• Preference: Hetero.
• Marital Status: Single

8. Social Mores: +|Social Mores: +|--
“Equallyoked”
• Good self-esteem
• Spiritual maturity
– a high level morality
• Social resilience
• Stable family values
• Quality of relationship
• Financial security
“Unequally yoked”
• False self-image
• Drug abuse implicated
• Immaturity/ immorality
• Lying/deception
• Fun over facts
• Destruction of family
lineage
- Social Psychology / Self and Identity

9. “Family Identity”
The “Family Identity” is based on ‘civil identity’
closely associated with a specific surname and…
* Surname: that specific family name passed down
line generation after generation in a family lineage;
from whom the origins of the surname - to the very
youngest new born. (not an ‘assumed’ family name)
* Middle name: ‘NMI’ (means, No Middle Intitial). It is
a name traditionally given by joint parents, by inter-
marrying families of the same (or similar) ‘civil
identities’ to protect the family against fraud,
phonys, and fakes-using reputable ‘names’ as a
tactic or strategy to profiteer in multicultural finance.
* First name: a personal name given to a newborn by
parents – culturally, to be used in every day
conversations - with a specific meaning – concerning
the reputation to ‘live up to’ in society.
- Introduction to Social Psychology

10. ““Social Identity”Social Identity”
A person’s sense of belongingness to a collective
of identified important groups, such as;
* Citizenship: a Nation * Residency: Home Address
* Property: Deeds and co-OWNERship in Real estate
* e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may
include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes,
electronics, etc.
* Profession: a trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or
union organizations, etc
* Education: Credentials, degrees, diplomas,
certifications, documentation of schools or classes
successfully attended.
* Title(s) in a club, ‘charity’, or organizations, etc.
* Socio-economic Class: Amount of money in bank-
checking/savings, in stocks and bonds investments, in
bank notes and certificates.
- Introduction to Social Psychology

11. Dyadic: Social PsychologyDyadic: Social Psychology
• Equallyokedtarians are of interest to social
psychologists because they represent a
dyadic group of the same ‘Civil identity.’1
• Couples who primarily choose to bond and
marry together ‘because’ they are the
‘same’ or ‘very similar’ Civil Identities,
among other reasons, may contribute to
marital longevity-staying together for a
lifetime as.. evidenced.2
• The measured ‘self esteem’ of individuals of
a marital couple who marries with
backgrounds related to their own ‘Civil
Identities’ are worthy marital satisfaction
studies as well.3
- Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology

12. “…“…modern…”modern…”
• “A multiplicity of physiochemical,
biological, and genetic mechanisms
are now the modern part of choosing
equallyokedtarianism.”
An Anonymous Quotation
Psychotherapy & Counseling
Psychiatry Medicine
Sydney, Australia

13. ““BBe ye not unequally yoked…”e ye not unequally yoked…”
II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:14
Copyright: 1997 - Used By Permission

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