AFR 110 Lecture : class 19
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Two unmarried adults in a sexual relationship sharing the same household. A lot of times the situation is not clearly defined. Both the man and woman don"t have the same ideas about whats going to happen in the future. Was first done by people that were very poor. Early 1970"s moves into middle class (by hippies) The hippies brought cohabitation into the us culture (hippies question the rules of society) College students are the ones that normally push toward societal changes because the older generation is entrenched in their ways already. In early 2000"s, 60% of women in their 30"s have cohabited at least once. Early 2000"s, 62% of marriages begin as cohabitation. 36-46% of gay men in california are cohabiting. 51-62% of lesbians in california are cohabiting. Quality of gay and lesbian people"s cohabitations similar to heterosexual people. The parents are your biological mom and dad, but they"re not married.
