Marital breakdown Flashcards
Couples no longer see marriage as a ___ to long term ___ relationships and producing ___.
Necessity
Sexual
Children
Giddens (1993) and Goode (1963) both argue there is a ___ towards adopting ___ forms of marriage and ___ structure.
Trend
Westernised
Family
Coleman and Salt (1992) say ___ beliefs of marriage are being challenged by new ___, economic roles for ___, laws and ___ planning.
Traditional
Ideas
Women
Family
Marriage is becoming less ___.
Popular
Alternatives to marriage are on the rise, such as ___.
Cohabitation
Much of the decline in marriage rate appears to be due to people ___ marriage as opposed to ___ it.
Delaying
Rejecting
More marriages are preceded by ___.
Cohabitation
Changing attitudes towards marriage could be due to the ___ of marriage, ___ or changing ___ towards marriage.
Cost
Secularisation
Attitudes
Feminist sociologists blame lack of female ___ for the decline in marriage.
Satisfaction
The ___ ___ say the decline in ___ is a breakdown of traditional ___.
New Right
Marriage
Values
Functionalists say cohabiting with children is a ___ family in ___.
Nuclear
Disguise
Chester (1985) said cohabitation is a ___ phase in most cases.
Temporary
The 1994 Economic and Social Research Council Report said cohabiting relationships are less ___ and ___ times more likely to ___ than married couples.
Stable
4
Separate
Countries with high ___ influence still have ___ marriage rates.
Religious
High
Single person households are more common due to ___ and ___ of spouse.
Divorce
Death
Bernandes (1997) says pressure from society ___ being ___.
Discourages
Single
Divorce rates have ___ across the ___.
Increased
World
Chester (1984) says ___ ___ is difficult to measure.
Marital
Breakdown
___% of divorce petitions are made by women.
75
Bernard (1976) said two marriages are experienced; one by the ___ and one by the ___.
Man
Woman
New ___ for women allow financial ___.
Opportunities
Independence
Women no longer see ___ as the only way to ___ themselves.
Marriage
Fulfil
Greater ___, better ___ and job ___ have encouraged divorce.
Equality
Rights
Opportunities
The ___ ___ Act 1971 meant people no longer had to prove a ‘___ ___’, simply the ‘___ breakdown of ___’
Divorce Reform
Matrimonial offence
Irretrievable
Marriage
The ___ ___ Act 1971 introduced the idea of separation.
Divorce
Reform
The ___ ___ Bill of 1996 meant that couples now simply had to assert the marriage had ___ ___ in order to get a divorce.
Family
Law
Broken
Down
Fletcher (1996) sees higher ___ rates as evidence of higher ___.
Divorce
Expectations
Most divorcees ___.
Remarry
Dennis (1984) said modern marriages are ___.
Fragile
The ___ attached to divorce is greatly ___.
Stigma
Reduced
The divorced couple, their children and their family can feel a sense of loss equivalent to ___.
Bereavement
Couples no longer stay together for the ‘___ ___ ___ ___’
Sake
Of
The
Children
As lives are now longer, a ‘___ ___’ is not what it used to be.
Lifelong
Marriage
There has been an ___ in ___ outside marriage.
Increase
Births
Emotional intensity has increased due to less ___ on people outside the family.
Reliance
___ people are getting married now than at any other point in the last ___.
Fewer
Century
Berthoud (2000) notices ___ differences in marriage.
Ethnic
The value of marriage has declined because people are not ___, it ___ men more and creates ___ expectations.
Enthusiastic
Benefits
Unrealistic
More ___ take place.
Remarriages
Secularisation is a reason for changing ___ of marriage.
Patterns
The ___ ___, media and ___ try to protect marriage as a ___ option.
New Right
Politicians
Stable
Divorce is becoming the ___.
Norm
___ is on the rise, this concerns the New Right.
Cohabitation
Kiernan (2007) says it’s hard to ___ about cohabiting couples.
Generalise
Cohabiting lasts approximately ___ years.
5
Marriage not cohabitation is the main ___ for many.
Goal
The divorce rate has increased due to changes in the ___, women’s ___, ___ and individualisation.
Law
Expectations
Attitudes
The Becks (1995) argue increasing divorce rates are a product of a ___ ___ world.
Rapidly
Changing
