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reasons for divorce
the propensity for marriage (9/10 people eventually marry), the decline of time spent on family activities people are more individualistic and more selfish, reinvestment in other sexual passion lost when original passionate love expires, women's decreasing dependence on men for financial support, the burden of children, lack of extended family and neighbors support as a result of relocations, the courts and legal reasons (now you don't need adultery or violence to get one)
spouse abuse
12% of intimate relationships endure at least one incident of this (physically), with 122/1000 women receiving it and 124/1000 men receiving it
endogamy
marriage between people of the same social category
Economic Repercusssions of Divorce
women suffer a 1/3 decrease in standard of living; men experience a 10-15% increase in the year following divorce
polyandry
a form of marriage uniting one female with two or more males
descent
a system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations
polygyny
a form of marriage uniting one male and two or more females
family violence
emotional, physical, or sexual abuse of one family member by another
matrilocality
when a married couple lives with or near the wife's family
bilateral descent
a system of tracing kinship through men and women
incest taboo
a cultural norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain kin
neolocality
when a married couple lives apart from both sets of parents
social placement
determined by birth (race, ethnicity, religion, and social class are all examples of this)
courtship
derived from the middle age phrase "courtly love", begins as group dating that gives way to couple dating.
arranged marriages
an alliance between extended families which effects the social standing of both
patrilineal descent
a system of tracing kinship through males
exogamy
marriage between people of different social categories
romantic love
experience of affection and sexual passion as the basis for marriage
polygamy
a form of marriage uniting 3 or more people
patrilocality
a residential pattern where a married couple lives with or near the husband's family
matrilineal descent
a system of tracing kinship through females
impacts of child rearing on a relationship
time, attention, freedom, money, and sleep
battered children syndrome
a modern expression of concern for children, as identified in 1962
people who are more likely to get divorced
people who marry young, lower social classes, shotgun marriages, drug and alcohol problems, dissimilar social backgrounds, successful career women, and those isolated from family/friend support
monogamy
a form of marriage joining 2 partners
family
the primary agent of socialization; also, the most violent group in society aside from the police and the military

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