SOC 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Engagement, Love Canal, Marital Rape
30 Jul 2017
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What was the purpose of marriage- was an economic union not just the couple. Woman were expected to remain magonomist to the time of the marriage then once the first male was born then you can economic unit- unit for inheritance and procreation, and maintain wealth within the family. For men there was no expectation for the man to stay faithful. Not until romantic love- victorian era after 1850 is when romantic love emerges idea was you now picked your partner- The middle class started to begin love marriages, and then the late 1800s is the working class, the last people is the upper class- the first royal marriage. Only meeting people from the same social status cus its your parents friends. F you liked someone and vice versa, they would write love letters romantic love marries. Tell (cid:455)ou (cid:449)hat (cid:455)ou(cid:859)d do to the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d for the(cid:373) Went on till he would ask for your dads hand in marriage.
