Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Sexual Maturity, Open Relationship, Habituation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Stephen Ferguson

Document Summary

Sexual maturity = responsibility about sex + intimacy. 3 types of involuntary celibates: virgin (never had sex, waiting for marriage), singles (sexually experienced but unsatisfied, unable to maintain long-term relationships), and partnered persons (sexless relationship, started with sex but diminished over time) Online daters more likely to be male, single, divorced, employed, urban, higher income. A couple living together for 12 continuous months = common law relationship. Entitled to most but not all of the rights of people who are married. Highest rates of cohabitation without marriage in quebec bc it"s seen as a replacement for marriage rather than a stepping stone; egalitarian roles. Couples who live together before marriage more likely to divorce. Most lesbian relationships are monogamous, many gay male relationships agree to be sexually open. Cohabitating couples have sex more than married couples. 1/3 of first marriages fail; subsequent marriages have slightly higher rate even. Most people will remarry if they had a divorce.