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DATING Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most common way to meet a partner?

A

Online

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2
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Meeting a partner online has INCREASED or DECREASED?

A

Increased

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3
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What age group is more likely to meet a partner online?

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Young Adults

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4
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How do adults respond to online dating now compared to a decade ago?

A

More Positively

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5
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Do MORE or LESS adults think online dating means you are desperate?

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LESS

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6
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Most people live apart together _____

A

By Choice

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7
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Is living apart together INCREASING or DECREASING?

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Increasing by 13%

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8
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Why is living apart together increasing?

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Education, careers, military, children

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9
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Living apart is more temporary for what age group?

A

Young Couples

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10
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Why do older couples live apart together?

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Nursing homes, past lives, don’t want to start over

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11
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Definition of Polygamy

A

the practice of having more than 1 spouse

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12
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Polyandry

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having multiple husbands

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13
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Polygyny

A

having multiple wives

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14
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Is Polygamy legal in the U.S.?

A

No

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15
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Group Marriage

A

having multiple husbands and wives

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16
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Definition of Monogamy

A

the practice of having 1 spouse

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17
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Mutual Monogamy

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being exclusive and committed to one another

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18
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Serial Monogamy

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being monogamous in back to back relationships

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19
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Definition of Non-Monogamy

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being not committed to one, others are involved

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20
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Ethical Non-Monogamy

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one or both partners being non-monogamous (they agree to it)

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21
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Open Marriage

A

agreement to have other relationships

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22
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Cohabitation (most common pathway to marriage)

A

a living arrangement where an unmarried romantic couple lives together permanently

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23
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Is Cohabitation INCREASING or DECREASING?

A

Increasing

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24
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Living with a spouse is INCREASING or DECREASING?

A

Decreasing

25
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What percent of marriages are preceded by cohabitation?

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75%

26
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What are the 3 types of Cohabitation?

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1.Prelude to Marriage- steps towards marriage
2.Shotgun Cohabitation- baby on the way
3.Substitute for Marriage- final step of the relationship

27
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What is the top reason cohabitating couples do not get married?

A

Either themselves or their partner are not financially ready

28
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What percent of cohabitating relationships include children?

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Nearly half, 46% (35% shared children, 19% previous child involved)

29
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Serial Cohabitaiton, who is most likely to be involved in this?

A

when one has cohabitated in back to back relationships, mostly seen in less educated, older couples

30
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What is the average length of cohabitation?

A

1-2 years, few last over 5 years

31
Q

What is the most common outcome of cohabitation?

A

It used to be marriage but now cohabitation either ends in break up or it just continues for life

32
Q

What is the risk of divorce with cohabitation?

A

premarital cohabitation is not related to increase divorce

33
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What is the largest age group of cohabitators?

A

young adults

34
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What is the largest increasing age group of cohabitators?

A

older adults

35
Q

The proportion of adults who are married has INCREASED or DECREASED?

A

decreased, only about 50% are married

36
Q

Most people DO or DO NOT want to get married?

A

about 58% still DO want to get married

37
Q

After WW2 marriage rates have INCREASED or DECREASED?

A

decreased
1946- 16.4%
2018- 6.5%
2019- 6.1%
2020- 5.1%

38
Q

Having more educated correlates to HIGHER or LOWER marriage rates?

A

Higher

39
Q

In 2021 what is the average age for men and women to marry?

A

men- 30.4 years old
women- 28.6 years old

40
Q

Since the 1950s the average age to first marry has INCREASED or DECREASED?

A

Increased

41
Q

What are the 3 reasons people delay or forego marriage?

A
  1. Not ready to settle down
  2. Not financially ready
  3. Haven’t found what they’re looking for
42
Q

Married people are MORE or LESS happy than unmarried people?

A

more

43
Q

Married people are MORE or LESS healthy than unmarried people?

A

more

44
Q

Married people are MORE or LESS wealthy than unmarried people?

A

more

45
Q

What are the married advantages for adults?

A

married people are happier, healthier, and wealthier than unmarried people

46
Q

Why are married people only slightly at an advantage to unmarried people?

A

the relationship effect and the selection effect

47
Q

Loving v. Virginia

A

In 1967, the US Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws (laws that prohibited interracial marriage) were unconstitutional

48
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What was Loving v. Virginia for?

A

stating that laws prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional

49
Q

What was the year and what state was the last to recognize interracial marriage?

A

2000, Alabama

50
Q

What is the public opinion on interracial marriage?

A

about 40% of US adults think that interracial marriage is good for society

51
Q

What sorts of people think interracial marriage is good for society?

A

younger adults with at least a college degree, living in an Urban area identifying as a Democrat

52
Q

Has interracial marriage been INCREASING or DECREASING?

A

Since 1967 it is increasing

53
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What ethnicities are most common to have interracial marriages?

A

42% White and Hispanic
15% White and Asian

54
Q

What is the Defense of Marriage Act?

A

defining marriage between one man and one woman

55
Q

What were the 2 components to the Defense of Marriage Act?

A
  1. This means that what happens in one state related to same-sex marriage does not have to be accepted in another state.
  2. This means that marriage is defined as only between one man and one woman.
56
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What supreme court cases ruled the DOMA unconstitutional?

A

United States v. Winsdor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

57
Q

Where was same sex marriage first legalized?

A

Netherlands 2001

58
Q

By 2021 how many countries legalized same sex marriage and how many countries had it banned?

A

29 legal, 34 banned

59
Q

Is support of same sex marriage INCREASING or DECREASING?

A

Increasing, 90% support in the Netherlands and 70% support in the U.S.

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