SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Forces
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Most canadians assume that love rules and that marriage and relations are based on romantic love (ideal of marriage) Historically, other motives have an influence on marriage (prestige, economic/political) In the 18th century, individualism became factored into the choice of the married factor. 20thc hollywood and advertising (had a role in glamorizing and solidifying the role of romantic love) People are motivated to maximize the financial assets from marriage. Marriage resour(cid:272)es: (cid:862)assets(cid:863) i(cid:374) the (cid:373)arriage (cid:862)(cid:373)arket(cid:863: third parties. Community of arranged marriages are the norm (or if not the community where norm, parents will pressure children to marriage of the same cultural background: demographic, compositional factors. Small group size, geographic desperation increase marrying outside group. If you"re (cid:272)ultural group is (cid:448)ery s(cid:373)all/ spread out, you"re (cid:373)ore likely to (cid:373)ate (cid:449)ith so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e outside that group because you have fewer choice nearby. (cid:862)lo(cid:272)al (cid:373)arriage (cid:373)arkets(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:373)positio(cid:374) (pla(cid:272)es su(cid:272)h as s(cid:272)hools, u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersities, (cid:271)ars: pla(cid:272)es (cid:449)here people often meet their mates)
