FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexting, Nba Coach Of The Year Award, Social Stigma

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Skakoon- Sparling

Document Summary

Late adolescence and early adulthood (aka: emerging adulthood) Increased opportunities to form intimate relationships outside kinship structure. Marriage would be next step, but not always in the 21st century. Rise of non-marital cohabitation has been one of the most important trends in the study of the life course of the family. Gain privilege and status over other forms of union formation. Change in establishment of unions is linked with other social changes. Marriage has historically been an institution formed out of economic necessity: Women and men replied upon each other to fulfill particular needs (protection, child care) Children were economic assets who provided additional labour to meet household needs. Increased freedom and autonomy from parental monitoring that makes courtship and sexual exploration easier: Reliable birth control and easier access to consenting sexual partners (decline in social stigma for sex outside marriage) Sexting: sending sexually explicit messages using mobile phone: text or images.