Changing Family Patterns

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MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE
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FEWER PEOPLE ARE MARRYING. Give a statistic to support this.
Less than half the number for 1970.
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THERE ARE MORE RE-MARRIAGES. Give a statistic to support this.
4/10 of all marriages in 2015 = serial monogomous relationships
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What is Serial Monogomy?
Engaging in a realtionship/marriage one after another
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PEOPLE ARE MARRYING LATER. True or false?
True
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What is the average age men are now marrying?
32
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What is the average age women are now marrying?
30
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PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET MARRIED IN A CHURCH. Give a statistic to support this.
The percentage of marriages hapening in a church in 1970s went from 60% to 30% today
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What age can you legally get married in the UK?
You can legally marry at the age of 16, in the UK. However, you have to have parents permission. You can legally get married (needing no parental permission) at the age of 18.
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Give 4 examples of changing attitudes towards marriage.
1. Less pressure to marry (at 1 point you had to) 2. More freedom of choice 3. Quality of relationship is more important than legal status 4. The 'norm' that people want to get married is weaker
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What is secularisation?
People are not as religious anymore
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Does the church favour marriage?
Yes, very much so
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What is the churches influence like today?
The churches influence is in decline, people are not getting married for the sake of religious reasons so much anymore
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In 2001, what percenatge of young people (younger than 22) married with no religion?
3%
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What percentage of young people married WITH a religion?
17%
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What do people care more about?
They care more about the quality of the relationship
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What does it mean if a society is becoming more secular?
Society is becoming less religious, people care less about what the church say
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In what circumstances are you more likely to marry young?
If your partner is in the forces. That way, you can stay/live together. Even if you are not neccessarily religious.
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Is there a declining stigma to cohabitation?
Yes
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What is cohabitation?
Living together but not married, having a sexual relationship too
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What is the opinion of having children outside marriage and staying single?
People are becoming much more accepting of this
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What is pregnancy no longer followed by? (as much)
Pregnancy is no longer followed by a shot gun wedding, like it used to be
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'Should couples who want children get married?' When asked this, what were the results?
1989 - 70% said yes 2000 - 54% said yes
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What have women now achieved, in terms of education?
Females are doing better in terms of educational achievement
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What have women achieved in terms of their careers?
Women now have better career opportunities and can now reach higher positions in the workplace
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Are women still economically depedent on men?
NO. They now have the chance to earn a living for themselves and do not NEED a man to ensure they have a form of income
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What do feminists believe about marriage?
Marriage is patriarchy and oppressive so this is discouraging women from marriage
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How has the Divorce Reform Act (1969) changed divorce?
Cheaper, quicker, easier and more accessible
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What does the fear of divorce make people feel about getting married?
People are put off marriage due to the fear of having to get a divorce/going through the stresses a divorce has
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What else may put people off getting divorce/giving them a fear of divorce?
If their parents divorced
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What is a pre-nupital agreement?
A contract signed before marriage. People do this if they have a fear of divorcing. It means you can protect yourself and your children.
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Who is likely to have a pre-nupital agreement?
Celebrities but is becoming more popular for ordinary people. People with their own business or a lot of money/property are likely to have one.
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What does having a pre-nupital agreement suggest?
People clearly have a doubt in their mind that they will get a divorce, obviously they do not think they will be 'together forever'.
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Why has the average age for getting married increased?
People are spending more time in education, establishing a career, cohabiting first.
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How do the church feel about marrying divorcees?
They are reluctant
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COHABITATION
COHABITATION
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Marriages are falling and cohbaitation is rising. True or false.
True
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What is the fastest growing family type in the UK?
A cohabiting relationship/family
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How many cohabiting couples are there in Britain?
2.9 million
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This figure is double what it was in ____
1986
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How many same sex cohabiting couples are there?
69,000
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What fraction of these cohabiting couples are 'serial cohabitants'?
1/5
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'Pre-marital sex is not wrong at all' When asked this, what were the results?
1989 - 44% agreed. 2000 - 62% agreed
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'Is it alright for a couple to live together without getting married?' What were the results of this survey>?
88% of young people agred. Over 40% of those over 65 agreed.
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Women are earning higher wages, what does this mean in terms of marriage?
They do not need to marry for financial security
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Women are not free to opt for cohabitation. True or False
False
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What did the 2001 census reveal about secularisation?
Young people without a religion are more likely to cohabit than those with a religion
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What do people think about cohabitation and living in sin?
People now believe that you are not living in sin if you are not religious and cohabiting
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What did Chester say about cohabitation?
For most people cohabitation is part of the process of getting married
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What percentage of cohabiting couples say they want to get married to each other?
75%
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What do people view cohabiting as, before marriage?
A 'trial-marriage'
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What circumstances are people most likely to marry in after cohabiting?
Couples that have children and are cohabiting are likely to marry
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What does Bejin say about cohabitation?
C among young is a concious attempt to create a more personally negotiated and equal relationsip
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What does this reject?
The tradtional patriarchal marriage
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What do Shelton and John say about cohabitation?
Women who cohabit do less housework than their married counterparts
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What is the nature of cohabitation?
Diverse and covers a range of households
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Same - sex relationships
Same - sex relationships
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Name the organisation that campaigns for gay rights.
Stonewall
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Stone estimates that __% of the adult population today have a same-sex relationship.
5-7%
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Why can we not judged if this is an increase?
Because same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage used to be illegal, you were viewed as being ill if you were attracted to someone of the same sex as yourself. People did not come forward/be honest about their feeling if they were homosexual
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What year was the male homosexual act decriminalised for consenting adults over 21?
1967
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What Act was passed in 1994?
The age of consent for homosexual acts was reduced to 18
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What Act was passed in 2002?
The age of consent for homosexual acts was reduced to 16
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What year were cohabiting same-sex couples given the same rights to adopt as married couples?
2002
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What Act was passed in 2004?
Civil Partnership Act which gave same-sex couples similar legal rights as married couples e.g. pensions, inheritance, tenancies and property
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What year was the Act passed whereby same sex couples are able to marry?
2014
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KEY STUDIES
KEY STUDIES
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What did WEEKS find?
A trend in gays creating families based on the ideas of 'friendship as kinship'. They are chosen families - some security and stability as heterosexual families.
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What did WESTON find?
Many gay couples choosing to cohabit with stable partners. Contrast to the acceptance of monogomy and family life in favour of adult relationships that was common in 1970s
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What did ALLAN and CROW find?
Until recently an absence of legal framework SSC have had to negotiate their commitment more than married couples.
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So...what does this question?
Same sex relationships are more flexible and less stable than heterosexual couples?
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What did EINASDOTTIR find?
Many G+L couples have welcomed the opportunity to have their partnerships legalised BUT some feel it may limit the flexibility of their relationships - do not want to conform to heterosexual norms
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FEWER PEOPLE ARE MARRYING. Give a statistic to support this.

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THERE ARE MORE RE-MARRIAGES. Give a statistic to support this.

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What is Serial Monogomy?

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