SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Heterosexuality, Talcott Parsons, Dysfunctional Family
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Rising and falling marriage rate graph (# of marriages per 100 people. Does not stay constant, more marriages in 1940, 1950, 1970. Changes in values= less marriages, people can just live together without getting married. There is a drop in 1960s, to younger marriages. Marrying later because of economy and having less money. ) Divorce rate: declining and leveling off graph (divorce rates creep up as time goes. Changes in divorce rates, because of legislation-you couldn"t divorce unless your partner had committed adultery or if your partner had deserted you or later on if you do not get along anymore) Usa had the highest divorce rate in the world. (religion is a big deal in some countries, so there are fewer divorces. It is socially more acceptable to get a divorce, you see a lot in social media about celebrities getting separated. Canada is accepting more immigrants, and perhaps divorce is not as acceptable to them, so there is less divorce.
