1 29 2013 Singlehood Chapter 3 Voluntary stable singles unmarried adults desiring a single unmarried Voluntary temporary unmarried adults who may be delaying singles marriage while pursuing education or establishing a career lifestyle Involuntary temporary singles unable to find a suitable one Involuntary stable singles life even though they may not want to be singles actively searching for a mate but unmarried adults who can expect to be single for Friendships Being friends sex differences Being friends social class and race ethnicity Being friends is important in a relationship Dating Courtship and Mate Selection Courtship in Early America o Calling a dating practice of the 18th and 19th centuries in which a young man would visit a young woman in her parents home Visited at home due to lack of transportation Sleep over on the first date o Bungling the sack together in different sacs took a big blanket and would wrap both of them up and tie Industrialization Consumerism and the Emergence of Dating o Principle of Least Interest involvement between romantic partners has implications for the quality and stability of relationships the idea that unequal emotional o Industrialization brought the people closer together Live in closer promimity which makes it easier to see each other Tansportation and telephone Dating began to blossom Gender and Dating different for men and women o Dating scripts a set of expectations around dating that are somewhat Now guys asks the girl out guys still pay guys are supposed to pick up the girls guys are polite open the door Homogenous relationships o Who do we date most of out time with people who are very similar to ourselves Propinquity Pool of Eligible our mates The group from which we are likely to choose Relationships in which we spend Geographical closeness o Cohabitation and Marriage Selection effect cohabit tend to be the same ones who later divorce An explanation for the face that people who Less likely to stay married
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