4 changes in the pattern of marriage thta have taken place in the recent years?
fewer people marrying, more re-marriages, people are marrying later, less likel;y to marry in church
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reasons for changing pattern of marriage - first marriages (changing attitudes to marriage)
now more freedom for people to choose the type of relationship they want. not as much pressure to marry.
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages (secularisation)
church doesn't have as much influence as it did so people are freer to choose not to marry.
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages (declining stigma attached to alternatives to marriage)
no longer shame attached with living with someone who you're not married to. perfectly acceptable to remain single
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages ( changing in woments position)
women now have more freedom not to marry because they are economically independant
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages (fear of divorce)
may put people off getting married as so manmy marriages end in divorce.
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what is cohabitation?
involves a couple who are in a sexual relationship living together.
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reasons for the increase in cohabitation?
decline in stigma attached to sex outside marriage, less need for the economic security as women have more career oportunities, secularisation
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what is the relationship between cohabitation and marriage?
cohabiting is just a step on the way to getting married, whilst for others it is a permanent arrangement, women who cohabit do less housework than the women who marry.
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example of how all couples are treated the same by the social policy?
cohabiting couples have same right to adopt as married couples
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how does Jeffery Weeks (1999) view gays?
as creating families based on the idea of 'friendship as kingship' and he describes these as 'chosen families' that offer the same security and stability as heterosexual families.
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reasons for changing pattern of marriage - first marriages (changing attitudes to marriage)
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now more freedom for people to choose the type of relationship they want. not as much pressure to marry.
Card 3
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages (secularisation)
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Card 4
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages (declining stigma attached to alternatives to marriage)
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Card 5
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reasons for change in marriage - first marriages ( changing in woments position)
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