SOCIOL 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Globe And Mail, Jane Juska, Online Dating Service

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Multi-level analysis: relationships are constantly negotiated across the life course as individuals exercise agency within their structural constraints (macro-meso-micro link) Key transitions: loss, widowhood/ death of long-term straight or same-sex partner, divorce/dissolution of long-term straight or same-sex relationship, gain, remarriage/repartnering, cohabitation, living apart together, dating and steady companions. Widowhood/loss of long-term partner: current research focus: widowhood and women. Why: know less about impact of losing unofficial" long-term partner, especially gay or lesbian partner, research bias/gap. Widowhood/loss of long-term partner: timing and life stage, among gay couples, aids may lead to early loss of partner ( off time - early life stage) In comparison with many widows/widowers in later life ( on time old age: different experiences of transitions in intimate partnership . Impact of spousal/partner loss: living arrangements (e. g. , nursing home, changes in support network, financial challenges (esp. for heterosexual low ses women, personal adjustment (household division of labour)

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