SOCI 2270 Lecture Notes - Physical Attractiveness, Conditionality
26 Jun 2018
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Chapter 2: Intimacy, Commitment and Family formation
-the concept of ‘newness’ has little significance in understanding family
-believed that emotional and sexual intimacy between a couple is the central act of a
family formation
-Intimate: close emotional relationships, between family/siblings, as well as sexual
relationships that may/may not include emotional closeness.
-some people cannot consider marriage without first developing emotional/sexual
intimacy
-others believe emotional intimacy stems from marriage
-intimacy/family formation are tasks of young adulthood
-new norms of intimacy, intimate relationships can occur at any age.
Pure Relationship
-what can be derived by each person from a sustained relationship with each other.
-Continued only if it is thought by both people that it will provide satisfaction.
-Based in the search for self-development and identity.
-Encourages love only where both partners are prepared to be open with/vulnerable to
each other.
-Women tend to perform more emotional labour to maintain relationship
Dating
Emotional closeness/sexual fulfillment are now seen as significant aspects of
relationships
Dominant dating culture approves romantic heterosexual relationships between young
people with no strings attached
In 19th century, socialization of genders was supervised and led to marriage
Dating now is group focused
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Document Summary
Chapter 2: intimacy, commitment and family formation the concept of newness" has little significance in understanding family believed that emotional and sexual intimacy between a couple is the central act of a family formation. What can be derived by each person from a sustained relationship with each other. Continued only if it is thought by both people that it will provide satisfaction. Based in the search for self-development and identity. Encourages love only where both partners are prepared to be open with/vulnerable to each other. Women tend to perform more emotional labour to maintain relationship. Emotional closeness/sexual fulfillment are now seen as significant aspects of relationships. Dominant dating culture approves romantic heterosexual relationships between young people with no strings attached. In 19th century, socialization of genders was supervised and led to marriage. Fast and available at any time (dating sites) Sociologists believed that intimacy required face to face communication.
