Chapter 7 Intimacy Flashcards
Learn the concepts and Terms
Macro-level Changes in Courtship
From community to individual base level
1900 Calling
Young women inviting men to know each other for relationship
1920s Dating
Couple’s go out away from supervision of families
Initiative shift
Men ask women to date because they have money
Courtship: rules defined by peers as…
Shape to select partners or mute
Courting
Selecting mate
Dating
Finding romance and pleasure, for relationship and enjoyment
Hookup
Casual sexual encounters
Group Dating/ hanging out
Dating in groups for ambience
Traditional gender roles expectations
For interactions and behavior
Women’s behavior
Talking with friends or extra time to prepare as in scripts
Initiation of women
Asking men out on a date
Confusion re: expectations
Young men asking out on dates
The higher the class, the higher involvement
Macro forces of upper class
Upper class Opportunities
Privileged social world meaning they can do whatever they want
Middle class Opportunities
Attend sponsored social events, churches or school play and likely to be supervised by parents. They could also move somewhere else for the sake of the children
Lower Class opportunities
Structured activities less likely due to lack of opportunities
People of color dating patter resembles…
Lower class
Interracial relationships
Organizational arrangements foster intergroup contact (military and University)
Interracial dating
More common and accepted but can be unfavored
Nonpractical considerations for mate selection
Looks
Legal regulations
Laws for who to marry or how to hold marriage
Social expectations for mate selection
Family members reactions to narrow potential pool
Rising of interracial marriages
1970s- 1%, 2007-5%