The reasons for the decline of marriage and growing co-habitation
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- Created on: 22-02-14 17:25
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- The reasons for the decline of marriage and growing co-habitation
- The reduced function of the family
- Some functionalists argue that the function of family is no longer needed
- This is because other institutions provide the same functions
- Rising divorce rate
- Couples may se the rising divorce rate as evidence that marriage doesn't work so they dont get married
- Changing role of women
- Women expect more emotional connection with their husbands than previous generations.
- Thornes and Collard
- Women's expectation of marriage has increased, and they are less likely to be OK with the expressive role.
- Co-habitation provides an alternative to marriage which allows for the emotional fulfilment without all the legal baggage.
- Growing economic independence of women has given them more freedom to choose their relationships.
- Women expect more emotional connection with their husbands than previous generations.
- The "risk society"
- He found that people are now having to make their own decisions as apposed to sticking with traditions
- Beck
- This means that people are more conscious to the reality of marriage and therefore are more ware of the downsides to it
- Reduced social stigma
- Younger generations have a more "easy going" nature when it comes to relationships than older generations do.
- This could be caused by growing securalsiation
- Growing seculation
- Less that a 1/3 of marriages involve a religious ceremony
- Marriage and co-habittaion are now far more induvual choices rather than religuos.
- The reduced function of the family
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