Sociology 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Discrete Event Simulation, Gender Equality

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2202
• Professor: Stephen Lin

Document Summary

Relationships are constantly negotiated across the life course as individuals exercise agency within their structural constraints: diverse experiences with a multi-level analysis. Widowhood death of a long-term straight or same-sex partner. Divorce dissolution of long-term or same-sex relationship. A process, not a discrete event and changes in status: gain. The intersection of structured social relations, life stages and remarriage (age, gender, social class, martial history) Negotiating the boundaries and understandings of the intimate relationship: can possibly turn into cohabitation or marriage later. Especially popular among older couples and those with previous long- term unions (age and life stage) Older women like independence, less obligation to be caregivers in lat relationships. Current research focuses on widowhood and women as women typically live longer than men. There is less known about the impacts of losing an unofficial long-term partner, especially within same-sex relationships. Among gay couples, aids may lead to an early loss of a partner.