SOCL 2001 : Exam4
Document Summary
This is why we have a high divorce rate and why we are serial monogamists: serial monogamy, having several partners. Divorce: legal process of dissolving a marriage, 43-46, peak in the 1980s, going steadily down since then it will overall decline, almost half of all marriages will end in divorce over a life time, causes, 1. Individualism- more concerned with our own happiness than our family"s or children"s happiness: 2. Romantic love fades: emphasis based on passion, and when it fades people seek out another partner, 3. Women less dependent on men: today, more than ever women can provide for them selves, 4. Marriage is stressful: more couples are working, less time devoted to your family/spouse leads to added stress, 5. More socially acceptable: no negative stigma attached, friends and family encourage it even some religions, 6. Cohabitation: two people living together without being legally married, two people who are unrelated then, around 7 million couples cohabit.
