FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Civil Marriage, Epigenetic Clock
30 Mar 2017
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Cohabitation and marriage: cohabitation indicates transformation of relationship, celebration with family and friends, new pathway to marriage. Chaney, mitchell and barker (2014: looked at difference in relationship satisfaction between engaged and non- engaged couples, no significant difference. Reasons to marry: religious, biological clock, pressure from friends and family, love, etc, matouschek and rasul 2008. Marriage in canada: civil marriage act (2005) Lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others : only monogamy is legal. Marriage of one person to another at one time. Often practice serial monogamy types of marriage: polygamy. Marriage to several individuals at the same time. Polyandry for women with multiple husbands: lat (living together apart) One partner might become the trailing spouse. Tasks negotiated by newly weds: marital identity, marital boundaries, household management, managing emotional climate . Marriage and health benefits: decreased mortality, increased cardiovascular health, increased immune system functioning, increased psychological health, selection hypothesis. Healthier people tend to marry each other.
