CMN 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Individualism, Ultimate Galactus Trilogy, Financial Independence
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Passing away = slow decline, loss of vitality, a process of stopping, fade away. 90% of ppl get married: 50% get divorced, 66% of couples stay together >10 yrs. Remarriage likeliness of divorce goes to 60-65: reason: people marry someone who is also previously divorced. Sharp increase in divorce rate 1960-70"s: 1974 for the first time in u. s history, more marriages ended more in divorce than death. Societal influences more and more women in us engage in paid work: more work/family conflict, lower quality of marriage, more opportunities for marital discord, increase in access to alternative partners, financial independence. Independence hypothesis economic freedom: gender roles, individualism people less connected to others than used to be. Less affected by community norms that may discourage them from divorcing: demanding more out of spouses, sex ratio. Men more likely to cheat, women outnumber men. Men have more alternatives: perceptions of divorce.
