HD FS 315Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Human Sexual Activity, Apache Hadoop, Senescence
15 Sep 2016
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Correlation between frequency of sex and overall marital happiness. Definition: two people who live together as intimate partners, but aren"t married. Implies that cohabitation is marriage without the legal certificate . How does cohabitation differ from marriage: how they start and end, marriage: wedding ceremony starts it; divorce ends it, cohabitation: gradual beginning/gradual ending, marriage is defined by agreed upon expectations, but cohabitation does not, behavioral expectations: a. i. Language: duration, proportion of cohabiting unions that survive: a. i. Why did cohabitation become so popular: the sexual revolution, behavior, attitudes, safe, effective, and widely available birth control. Does this marriage enhance my personal growth: the normalization of divorce, more cautious about entering marriage: try before you buy . Meanings or styles of cohabiting: part of mate selection process. Last step in the courtship process (46%: alternative to marriage (10%) No intention of ever marrying: an alternative to being single (30%)
