Changing patterns - Marriage and partnerships Flashcards

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What is the overall patterns of the marriage rates?

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  • Fewer people marrying marriage rates lowest since 1920s
  • More re-marriages are occurring (80% divorcees remarry)
  • People marrying later in life (33 in 2019)
  • Couples less likely too marry in a church only 30% did in 2012
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What are the five reasons contributing to the changing patterns of marriage?

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  • attitudes shifting
  • secularisation
  • declining stigma
  • changing position of women
  • fear of divorce
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Shifting attitudes

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  • Less pressure and more freedom to choose type of relationship
  • Widespread belief more to a couple then legal status
    Norm has weakened of ought to be married
  • Giddens → pure relationships and more individualism it being easier to leave an unsatisfactory relationship then LAT and cohabitating → due to more freedom
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What does Giddens concept of ‘pure relationship’ mean?

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only remaining in a marriage if personal fulfilment is met

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Secularisation - marriage

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  • Churches on favour of marriage but their influence declined 37% non religious on census
    3% non religious married 17% religious did
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Declining stigma - marriage

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Cohabitation / single / children outside marriage is all acceptable
So couples feel less pressured

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Changing roles in the position of women?

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Better educational and job prospects → less economically dependent

  • Feminists → patriarchal control of marriage may dissuade an individual from marrying
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Fear of divorce

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Some may be put off due to the likelihood of divorce (43% of all marriages)

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Reason for remarriages

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main reason is due to the increase in divorce

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