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groups of single americans |
never married divorced young old single parents gay men lesbian women widows widowers |
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reason for increase in singlehood |
people are delaying marriage greater acceptance of cohabitation divorce uneven ratio of men to unmarried women |
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marriage gradient |
men choose younger women and women choose higher status men |
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marriage squeeze |
older women have fewer eligible males |
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voluntary temporary singles |
not seeking a marital partner but are open to the idea of marriage often young, pursuing career |
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involuntary temporary singles |
they are actively seeking a marital partner but have not been successful |
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voluntary permanent singles |
prefer single lifestyle ex/ priests, nuns, single parents |
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involuntary permanent singles |
large number of these are well-educated, high earning women over 40 who find a shortage of similar men |
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types of cohabitation |
dating-spend a lot of time together and decide to cohabit premarital cohabitation- couple is testing out the relationship before final commitment trial marriage- couple wants to see what marriage will be like substitute marriage- a long term commitment but no plan to marry |
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The cohabitation effect |
increase the likelihood of divorce because the couple gets use to the impermanent nature of the relationship |
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the inertia effect |
cohabitating couples may drift into marriage rather than making a conscious commitment |
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the selection effect |
cohabitaters having different characteristics than non-cohabitaters |
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common law marriage |
a non-ceremonial relationship that requires a positive mutual agreement to enter into a marriage relationship |
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marriage market(pool of eligible) |
homogamy- similar to self heterogamous- unlike self endogamy-within social group exogamy- outside social group |
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Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) |
1996 law that blocked Federal recognition of same-sex marriage struck down June 26, 2013 |
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Benefits of marriage |
economic legal health children's benefit |
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Polyamory |
the practice, desire, or acceptance of intimate relationships that are not exclusive with respect to other sexual or intimate relationships, with knowledge and consent of everyone involved |
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psychological component of sexuality |
sexual desire- sexual drive that makes us receptive to sexual activity |
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biological component of sexuality |
sexual response- biological aspects that include experiencing pleasure or orgasm -male and female anatomy |
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sociological component of sexuality |
gender roles-characteristics, attitudes, feelings, behaviors of males and females |
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sexual identity |
is our awareness of ourselves as male or female and the ways in which we express our sexual values, attitudes, feelings, and beliefs |
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sexual orientation |
an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, and relational attraction to another person |
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4 parenting styles |
indulgent/permissive authoritarian uninvolved authoritative |
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Contemporary Parenting |
the boundaries of parenthood in contemporary society are currently shifting |
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the work-family connection |
due to changing economic and social conditions, a single income is no longer sufficient for most families |
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Work and family structures |
traditional nuclear family two-person career dual-earner families commuter marriages |
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inequities in the workplace |
occupational distribution race-gender gap in earnings union difference sexual harassment |
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Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 |
12 workweeks of leave in a 12 month period for situations such as child birth or serious health conditions |
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earned income tax credit (EITC) |
refundable federal income tax credit for low to moderate income working indivu |
