SOCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anthony Giddens, System On A Chip, Ann Swidler
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Liking, loving, hating and fighting: understanding attraction and conflict. Kathleen e. hull, ann meier and timothy ortyl, the changing landscap. Lifelong love and (heterosexual) marriage are becoming old as hor. Celebrities breaking/making up, having kids out of wedlock. Decline of marriage and rise of unwed parenting. And what are the driving forces be changes?" Us - marriage historically been important and esteemed social inst. Healthy families and communities, vital to functioning of dem. But today, 1/2 of marriages end in divorce. More births to unmarried parents, more nonmarried ppl other. Marriage lost taken-for-granted, nearly compulsory of adult life. Adults/children experiencing more change and uphe lives than in past. Ideal of "pure relationship" -- one entered for own s maintained as long as both partners are happy enou. Rise of confluent love bc of modernization and globa. Family and religious traditions lose influence, ppl ma. Pure relationships more egalitarian than traditional r relationships.
