SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Exogamy, Psychological Stress, Endogamy
2 Nov 2016
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Opposites attraction of do birds of a feather (7b/8a) Changes of ways of socialization effect relationship, finance, children, etc Growing up in highly sophisticated media and computer environment. How different generations view marriage and family structure. Declining people say that marriage/children are obsolete. Less millennials want only one partner provide and the other takes care of household hoping for egalitarian marriage. Hoping that both husband and wife work while also take care of children. Love and friendship - random and unpredictable. Proposition: people/groups are more likely to have a connection, friendship or association if they have common characteristics. Ascribed characteristics: born with; e. g. physical appearance. Marriage within a specific tribe or unit. Historically used to maintain health, & culture within cultural groups. The practice of mating or connecting to people outside your group. In some cases - may be considered as deviant". Women marry up (e. g. secretary marrying her boss) Increasing levels of mating and marriage homogeneity by education.
