Why have fewer people aremarrying for the first time?
Changing attitudes to marriage, secularisation, declining stigma to alternative types, fear of divorce, and changes in position of women
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What are the New Rights views on marriage?
Declining marriage is a bad thing. Children are best brought up by heterosexual couples - offer financial and emotional security, and with male authority
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What are Feminists views on marriage?
Negatively - leads to patriarchal oppression, where there is unequal division of labour
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What do re-marriages lead to?
Serial monogamy (marriage- divorce re-marriage
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Why is there an increase in re-marriages?
Increase in the number of divorces, and the instituition of marriage remains popular
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Why do people marry later?
Postponement of marriage, cohabitation, and rising costs of weddings
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Why are couples less likely to marry in church?
Secularisation, and unwillingness of churches to wed divorcees
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What are the New Rights views on marriage?
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Declining marriage is a bad thing. Children are best brought up by heterosexual couples - offer financial and emotional security, and with male authority
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