Decline in Marriage
- Created by: elektra
- Created on: 15-05-14 14:05
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- Decline in Marriage
- 1) Changing gender roles
- WILKINSON - 'genderquake' of female attidues towards marriage + family life.
- Avg. age of marriages risen to 30s from 20s in 1970. Only 48% of population married.
- SHARPE - 70s girls prioritised love, family etc. 90s changed to careers + edication.
- 2) Changing social attitudes
- Secularisation - religion lost influence on marriage.
- MCRAE - mothers chose cohab as marriage limited freedom + no advantages over cohabiting.
- POSTMODERNISTS - creative singlegood
- MORGAN - Marriage going out of fashion
- 1) Changing gender roles
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