SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Same-Sex Marriage In The Netherlands, Egalitarianism, Roommate
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Love and mate selection: social forces influencing who you will fall in love with: (3, marriage resources the resources potential spouses possess (financial, values, knowledge, third parties. When you have very different backgrounds can threaten internal cohesion of one or both groups. People raise young people to identify with the group they are members of. Apply sanctions to young people who threaten to marry outside the group. A lot of people marry within ethnic groups to preserve culture: demographic and compositional factors ratio of male and females in particular geographic region (shapes who you fall in love with) As canadian population becomes more diverse, you see an increase in mixed unions (compositional factor) Mixed unions date across different ethnic groups. When there are many spousal alternatives, there is an increase in the possibility of separation/divorce: now a lot of our social networks are online.
