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Ch 7 Building Relationships FAD2230 in class in book notes Building Relationships Only about 4 of the population never get married U S Census Bureau assigns people to 5 groups Never Married Married Separated Divorced or Widowed Social definition or legal definition of your relationship status o If you were ever married and got divorced you will never be in the single category again instead you ll be in the divorce category until if you get married again Singlehood Voluntary Temporary Singles unmarried adults who may be delaying marriage while pursuing education career Voluntary Stable Singles unmarried adults that desire and want the single lifestyle completely okay with not being married Involuntary Temporary Singles singles that are actively looking for a partner but unable to find a suitable one they want to get married Involuntary Stable Singles unmarried adults that are single but didn t choose to be single it wasn t there choice but they are okay with peace with it i e death of a spouse Friendships Being friends Sex Differences o Men and women tend to have the same number of friends but relate to their friends differently females tend to be more intimate and personal Being Friends Social Class Race Ethnicity o Friendships from the working class have longer lasting friendships compared to that of middle class friendships Work together usually live in the same area Black men in the working class have very strong sentiments about their friends more likely to trust their friends compared to the white men in working middle class Middle class are far more likely to move Friendships Between Men and Women o Cross sex friendships strictly platonic friendship b w a man and woman rare o Men typically find it more difficult to strictly be just friends with a woman compared to a woman being just friends with a man Dating Courtship and Mate Selection Macro Level Choices Then o Courtship in Early America Everything was centered around the family i e A young man would visit the young women in her home and that would be the date calling Calling a dating practice of the 18th 29th century Women were influenced by their parents because they had incentive to encourage contact with only certain men and the men themselves because they were responsible for initiating contact o Industrialization Consumerism and Emergence of Dating People were moving to urban areas provided areas things to do for singles to go and get to know each other Dating shifted focus from the family to the peer group The invention of the car had a big impact on dating Adolescence The period of life that occurs between childhood and adulthood Willard Waller 1930s Major study of dating at Penn State showed that men were more desirable if they had a lot of money and were popular women were more desirable if they were pretty and popular Coined the term principle of least interest The idea that unequal emotional involvement between romantic partners has implications for the quality and stability of relationships Macro Level Choices Now o Sex segregation declined co ed sports etc o Biggest changes in dating over the last decade has been that is has become more for the own sake of enjoyment and less of to find someone to marry o Gender and Dating Dating scripts a set of expectations around dating that differ for men and women i e engagements rings reveal ways that dating is gendered because they show others that a woman was in a relationship and is has now been chosen for marriage Only women wear engagement rings and they are usually purchased by the man which represents that this habit reflects the patriarchal idea of male ownership o Differences and Similarities in Dating Practices Upper socioeconomic classes tend to be with other upper class people to maintain that place in society private schools private clubs and gated communities help segregate themselves Same goes for different ages where you go on a date when you re 18 might not be acceptable for a 30 year old Micro View Who Do We Date and Where Do We Meet o Dating trends Technology makes is so easy now to create important social relationships go on dates make friends etc o Macro and micro are heavy influences on who we date o Homogamous relationships Relationships in which we spend most of our time with people who are very similar to ourselves o Majority of partners in long and short term relationships are similar in Race ethnicity Social class Education Age Religion Propinquity Geographic closeness Propinquity is one reason for homogamy Share common interests live in same area attend same school church etc o Another reason for homogamy is that parents may exert pressure on their children to marry within their own race o Some people go out of their demographic categories because of the pool of eligibles Pool of eligibles the group from which we are likely to choose our mates pool of eligables at FSU Heterosexual Cohabitation Cohabitation living with your romantic sexual partner without being married seen all over all parts of society o Before 20th century cohabitation was common o Early part of 20th century cohabitation was frowned upon and considered a sin o 1960s 70s young people revolted against social norms and institutions sexual revolution and woman s movement people no longer felt the need to marry young People cohabit because of convenience economic considerations and for compatibility for marriage 6 8 million households today in the U S have cohabitation Cohabitation and Marriage o Selection effect an explanation for the fact that people who cohabit tend to be the same ones who later divorce Cohabitation and Children o People question if it sends children the wrong values beliefs o If a child is being raised in a safe loving environment then the stress of if cohabitation isn t seen as so important well being comes first Ch 8 Love and Loving Relationships FAD2230 in class in book notes Love and Loving Relationships Love a strong feeling of affection for another out of kinship or personal ties attraction based on sexual desire affection based on an admiration benevolence or common interests 3 components of love 1 Love is an enduring bond between two or more people 2 Love is based on affection and emotion 3 Love includes a feeling of obligation toward another Infants and children develop a history of attachment that researchers and psychologists refer to as a working model Attachment theory a theory that examines the way in which the attachments that s infants form


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