H_D_FS 1610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Casual Sex, High High, Reproductive Technology
20 Mar 2017
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8/24: relationships matter, humans are social animals. Individualism: focus on personal fulfillment rather than group fulfillment, technology, reproductive technology, communication, couples happier (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455) set (cid:858)te(cid:454)ti(cid:374)g(cid:859) rules, facebook jealous much, females think the in a relationship status signals more. 8/26: sex ration: count of men for every 100 women, high more men than women, low more women than men, high se(cid:454) ratios te(cid:374)d to support (cid:373)ore traditio(cid:374)al, (cid:858)old fashio(cid:374)ed(cid:859) roles for (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374, victorian england. Low sex ratios tend result in more permissive and less traditional behavior: think of the late 1960s, working women, sex outside of marriage, today relatively even. Cohabitation: when people do not have firm plans to marry the likelihood of divorce increases when cohabitating, cohabitation tend to be more volatile and tumultuous. Less likely to be committed: after 5 years cohabiting couples are no more likely to split up than they were when they moved in together, yet less likely to marry.
