SOC244H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Assortative Mating, Endogamy, Courtly Love
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Week 5-soc 244 notes chapter 7 couple formation and sexual relations . Heterosexual: kids are taught young about couples, women invest more emotions and time into a relationship than men do, because of gender roles. Propinquity: physical proximity, how youth choose their dates. Assortative mating: start to be selective and choosing partner on basis of certain traits. Homogamy: when two people choose each other on the basis of some elements of similarity such as interests, values, lifestyle. Functional and exchange theory-because they have things they can do together, it makes their we-ness and companionship stronger. Endogamy: people date, live together or marry within their own status or group, or social stats. Race and ethnicity are first considered when selecting a partner: marriage squeeze: black men choosing white women over black women leaving black women single and angry .
