SOC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Doc Zone, Online Dating Service, Hypergamy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2103
• Professor: kathleenmoss

Document Summary

Explain the functions of dating: companionship, mate selection/for marriage, add to a person"s status, some studies show that people are treated (cid:271)etter (cid:449)hen you"re a couple rather than single, form of socialization. Intimacy: recreation, secure a degree of personal gratification. Elder men are more likely to remarry after a spouse has died. More likely to isolate themselves after the death of a spouse so they remarry to have someone to take care of them. Men (cid:449)ho don"t remarry tend to die soon then those who remarry: female. Elder women less likely to date or get remarried after a spouse has died. If woman remarries it is most likely for companionship. If a woman does not remarry it does not impact their morbidity. If a couple move in together thinking they will get married their relationship is more stable. Canadians tend to choose partners who are like them in many ways.