Sociology 2235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Child Custody, Stressor, 6 Years
20 Mar 2016
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Divorce: legal dissoluion of a marriage (only married couples can divorce) Divorce rate: measure that predicts the proporion of couples that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary. Post ww2 increased due to freedom and inancial independence: dropped of shortly ater. No fault principle introduced: sill included adultery and cruelty. Reduced waiing period for divorce on grounds of breakdown from 3 1 year. Being separated for 1 year: most common. Canadians aitudes to divorce: fundamental issues inidelity or abuse, most jusiied excuse, experienial issues disagreements and unsaisfactory sex, ferility issues. Those over 50 have the most lenient aitude towards divorce. The four horsemen of apocalypse (interacions leading to divorce) gotman: criicism: atacking the character of the person, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling: one partner turning out the other. When women (not men) bring children into remarriage increase risk. How family is afected by wider social change.
