PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Polyamory
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Psych 243 lecture 28 marriage alternatives. Change in cohabitation from 1960 to 2014 steep rise. Polyamory: having more than one partner with full knowledge of other partners: open communication, secret affairs not occurring, little, if any, sexually transmitted diseases. Includes never married, divorce, or partner died: when chosen, it is to retain greater independence in living. The legal ending of a formal relationship. Two types of divorce: fault (serious deficits in relationship) and no-fault: most are no fault, instead of fault divorce with penalties. Most likely to divorce: younger, rather than older, shorter dating length of time, less or incomplete education, lower occupational status, non-religious the highest, non-hispanic black american women. Non-factors: difference of age, race, and religion. Statistics wrong to say half of people marrying are divorcing. If 2. 4 people marry in one year, and 1. 2 million people divorce out of a total of 24 million married people only 5% divorce (not 50%)
