CFD 1450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Casual Dating, Conflict Resolution, Communication
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Communication: ability to interpret nonverbal messages, attunement, digital communication and our social networks, ascribed/achieved relationships, communication skills, self-disclosure, listening, feedback. Dating: different cultures have different rituals for finding a mate, narrowing the field of romantic partners, casual dating, getting together in groups, exclusive dating, for some, the trend is casual sexual activity without dating hooking up. Living together: cohabitation, by age 30 half of all men and women have cohabited, greater acceptance, advantages, autonomy, fewer obligations than marriage, disadvantages, legal protections absent, less stable. Same-sex partnerships: most people look for love in a committed relationship, regardless of sexual orientation, differences between straight and gay relationships, homosexual relationships are more egalitarian, same-sex partners must deal with societal attitudes, homophobia. Singlehood: growing number of single people, changing views on singlehood, delayed age for marrying, cohabitation, divorce, advantages: career and personal development; freedom, disadvantages: lack of companionship; economic hardships. Marital status of the u. s. population aged 15 years and older, 2011.
