Changing patterns of marriage
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- Created on: 05-01-20 17:48
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- Changing patterns of marriage
- marriage increased from the 1960s to mid 70s then decreased
- remarriage increased especially after 1970 (serial monogamy)
- marrying later (30s). focusing on careers, cohabitation before marriage
- church weddings declined due to secularisation
- Changing attitudes
- less pressure to marry and more freedom for people to choose the type of relationship
- the norm that everyone has to get married has weakened
- evidence of postmodernism/ personal life perspective
- secularisation
- churches influence has declined therefore people feel free to choose not to marry
- Age is increasing because education and career is a priority
- Marxixts - marriage decline is good because it stops feeding capitalism and supporting the bourgeoisie
- Functionalists - society will not be able to function because without marriage there is no nuclear family
- New Right - society is going to fail because of decline in marriage
- Postmodern - no longer a metanarrative
- EVALUATION
- since the introduction of the Civil Partnership Act and legislation of gay marriage
- Gay marriage has increased
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