...In the articles “Love in the age of Like” by Aziz Ansari and “The Origins of Modern Divorce” by Stephanie Coontz, the authors address the topic of relationship and the effects of the society we live in. Ansari’s article focus primarily on social media and how that has affected modern dating. As well as the mindset of men and women in modern times. Coontz’s article on the other hand focuses primarily on divorce and the history behind divorce. How divorce has change over time to explain why statistically divorce rates are so high comparable to 100 years ago and even further. Coontz’s article offers statistics and is mainly a logical appeal, while Ansari’s article offers statistics and appeals primarily to emotion. Both authors do a fantastic job and proving their...
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...relationships There are differences between Western and none-western relationships in formation, marriage and divorce. In Western societies, individuals are permitted to form their own relationships with little family interference and on the basis of romantic attraction. Men and women also expect to have numerous relationships before they consider marriage with just one person and often may choose to live together and never get married. Due to globalization and the increase in travel, individuals in Western cultures can interact with a larger pool of potential partners. Moghaddam suggests, in non-western and collectivist culture, males are chosen for the females who are often chaperoned in the presence of that male, otherwise they may be seen as un-marriage worthy. As for marriage; Western societies relationships are usually monogamous, a relationship with just one person, with the average marriage age being 27 and gradually rising. Couples are expected to be together for a length of time before deciding to marry. Hsu claims Individualist cultures value freedom and individuality so that a person can still live their own life once married. This explains why the divorce rate is far higher in Western societies, happiness is valued and more forgiveness is given to those who divorce. An anomaly of this is the Catholic religion, predominant in Ireland and South America, where divorce is religiously seen as shameful. In comparison around 1/2 of the world experiences arranged marriages to some...
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...the world and it has lot of different countries with different cultures and religions. All the Asian countries have the biggest problem like corruption. Countries Like India, China, Japan has the highest level of corruption in their system. As different cultures has different problem like in United States you have an option of working from home if you had some urgent issues to attend at home. I will try to implement the same option for the people so that they feel comfortable and be more efficient. Also like few companies like Deloitte Company in United States provides day care and day support for elderly people and cleaning services for their employee. They don’t want their employees to get home burnout out from work and then indulge themselves in more tedious activities. This will effect in the performance of their employees when they comeback next day to work. I will try to implement something similar to that for the employees in Asia too. Will try to understand their cultural barriers like giving them time off. Arranging consular’s for them if they are facing any kind of issues related to work or personal issues. Answer 2. In my opinion I don’t think so that globalization is the cause of increasing crimes, divorce and drug abuse. First of all I will say that drug abuse was already existed in Asia long before they became globalized. Drug Abuse was one of the most feared and worst thinks found in countries like Philippines, Thailand, Japan and China. The divorce rates...
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...mistreats his spouse's mother then it can’t be used for a divorce. There was once an Italian man that brought his mother along on his honeymoon, then his new bride soon asked for a divorce. There is only two U.S Presidents who have been known to have been divorced: Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan. They say couples that live in Republican states are twenty seven percent more likely to divorce than couples in Democratic states. (54 interesting facts about divorce) Couples who marry in the Republican states have a historically younger marriage than their Democratic counterparts. In ancient Chaldea, if...
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...great problems with the young female workers who have just attained the marriage time. The young female workers are recording very poor performance in their areas of duty unlike the past when the young workers both male and females, were the key drivers of the company’s growth. Recent research has shown that many young parents especially mothers are currently undergoing through stressful lives as a result of changes in families’ dynamics and structures (Hadden & Borgatta, 2010). Background of the study The 20th century witnessed very remarkable adjustments in the families’ dynamics and structures in America and Western Europe. There are many smaller households in terms of family size which is a further change from the extended families to nuclear families. However, these changes have been accompanied by decrease in nuptiality and increase in divorce (Young, 2008). New forms of unions such as living-apart-together, unmarried cohabitation, changing gender and...
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...and other western countries are facing today. What important or significant changes have been in families since 1960 and what factors are responsible for that change? Are families becoming weaker or simply different? And what can be done to straighten the modern family? Among the significant changes that have accrued in families since the 1960 are that there has been a dramatic rise in divorce rate and the ideal family structure has changed from the typical nuclear family. Families today can be combined of same sex parents, single parents, one parent and his/her partner where children have stepsiblings and children born out of wedlock. Since the 1960s women have become more financially independent and the society has become more inclusive. Women have their own career and therefore leave the home for work while in the 1960s women mostly stayed at home to take care of the children and the home. This change has caused more tension with in marriages and children get less time with a parent. (Editorial Board, 2012) Another factor for the change in families since the 1960 can be all the new technology, which brings more expenses for the families, and therefore to be able to afford everything that the modern family needs or is expected to have then both parents have to work. The modern family is not different from how they were if we look at the value of the family bond. What is different is the society today and the modern family has to adapt to the modern world. The modern...
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...their lives and it also allows all family members interfere in their responsibilities. The divorce rate of arranged marriages is very low compared to love marriages. Spouses have lots of similarities and interests , both emphasizing on the practical reasons from which love and affection would be flourished allowing them to build a greater family. Couples from the same background in arranged marriages merge together and revive their cultural and traditional values , allowing their kids a more appropriate life. The key factors in a right marriage and to building a great family is adaptation, negotiation, and compromise. Unfortunately, arranged marriages are perceived by the media as an uncivilized tradition. Arranged marriages are not forced marriages. Outline i. Introduction A. As the church bell rang I looked through the big arched window and saw all the birds scared flying high. B. In the east, I hear women say “marriage is faith”. C. Arranged marriages lead to the reinforcement of family values, reduce the rate of divorce, and strengthen the bonding between the couple. ii. Lead to the reinforcement of family values A. Couples are dependent on their family 1. Parents arrange marriage 2. Society values marriage B. Family members have responsibilities 1. When fights take place 2. Parents could get the blame iii. Reduces divorce rate A. Similarities between spouses 1. Similar views on family and marriage 2. Couples...
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...Possible sociology questions January 2012 Item 2A Sociologists analyse the domestic division of labour in many different ways. Parsons describes the division of labour in the traditional nuclear family in terms of an expressive role and an instrumental role. However, this traditional arrangement may have changed as families have changed, and many feminists use the term ‘dual burden’ to describe the woman’s role in the family today. Item 2B Government policies and laws include tax and benefit policies as well as legislation such as relating to divorce and marriage. Sociologists have different views on the impact of these policies and laws on families. For example, feminists argue that social policies assume that the ideal family is a patriarchal nuclear family, and that government policies and laws therefore favour this sort of family. On the other hand, the New Right argue that the benefit system undermines traditional nuclear families by actively encouraging lone parents. 0 6 Explain what is meant by the ‘dual burden’ (Item 2A). (2 marks) 0 7 Explain the difference between the expressive role and the instrumental role (Item 2A). (4 marks) 0 8 Suggest three ways in which the differences between children and adults are becoming less clear in society today. (6 marks) 0 9 Examine the reasons for, and the effects of, changes in family size over the past 100 years or so. (24 marks) 1 0 Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess sociological views of the impact...
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...Nadour Statistics of the United States data shows that 50% of marriages split. Since the 1960’s, marriage and divorce have been undergoing profound changes which have altered the meaning of marriage, the chances of its ending in divorce and the circumstances attached to marriage. These changes have made it easier for couples to obtain a divorce due to the changing laws and changing morals of society. The government needs to make changes to the Divorce Act as people more and more are getting divorced as it brings a negative impact to those who wish to marry in the future. Over the years divorce has been easier to obtain. Divorce was extremely uncommon in the United States until after WWII. Until that time, USA had one of the lowest divorce rates in the Western World; this is because opinions by social and religious leaders condemned divorce as a threat to the family. The strength of this opinion prevented the easing of United State’s divorce laws. Consequently, access to divorce in the United States was extremely limited until 1968. Until this time, getting married usually meant forever. Divorce was illegal unless one mate was proven adulterous. When divorce did happen, one party was believed legally innocent, the other party guilty, and that judgment affected the financial settlement. Both partners’ social status was sufficiently hurt, most people tried hard to avoid divorce if they could. By 1968, however, the sexual “revolution” was in full swing. Couples were rebelling against...
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...Divorce and the Destruction of the Family Ron Swanson Western Washington University The Destruction of the Family Throughout history, societies that valued traditional marriage and sexual abstinence were able to remain fundamentally strong and have flourished. Once a society decides to abandon these simple principles, destruction inevitably follows. J. Unwin (1934) wrote, “In human records, there is no instance of a society retaining its energy after a complete new generation has inherited a tradition which does not insist on prenuptial and postnuptial continence” (Unwin, 1934, p. 174). In today’s society, family and marriage are not defined by the traditional definition handed down through several millennia of history; rather the definition has been warped, and a new unstable version of the family has been accepted by our society. Traditional marriage is by its nature, the foundation of the family. The family is the building block of society, and marriage is the basis of the family. The devaluation of the conventional family, and more specifically, the destruction of traditional marriage by divorce, can have no other outcome but the destruction of our society. There are many reasons to evaluate why we have arrived at this state in our society: the growth of consumerism and commercialism, influence of Hollywood over our lives, the decline of religiosity in the United States, the decline of the social order and neighborhood relationships. All of these reasons are legitimate...
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...Weddings of Two Separate Cultures | The Differences of a Traditional Cambodian & Traditional Indonesian Wedding | Social Psychology v3.0 Final Project | | When it comes to wedding, it is suppose to be the greatest moment in your life; so why not make it memorable. Everywhere in the world, weddings are either done traditionally or in a way that is affordable, but it will always be that day that you will remember and hold dear to your heart. In most cases, a lot of weddings are conducted based on their religion and culture, but a lot of traditional weddings are fading due to globalization; and most couples just want something simple, and the way that they want. Like I said, weddings are suppose to be that moment to remember, so why not have it done the way that you dreamed it to be, or like for it to be. As with a traditional Cambodian style wedding, the marriages are usually arranged by the parents; the ages of the men are usually between 20 and 25, while the women are between 17 and 22. The couple can also be put together by friends and even a match maker, or he can suggest a likely spouse, and have the parents setup the marriage negotiations. Unlike the male in the marriage, the women have the right to veto the decision, if she disagrees with the relationship. After a spouse has been selected, someone meets with the parents and discusses the subject of marriage. Then each family will investigate the other to make sure their...
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...choosing to forgo parenthood. C People are having larger families after a 20-year decline in family size. D. Education and job opportunities for women continue to expand. 2. Developed nations such as the United States, Canada, or in Western Europe tend to have __________fertility rates and __________ mortality rates. A. high; low B. low; low C. steady; high D. low; steadyhigh; high. 3. Every time you and your spouse go to see your Grandma, she starts up again with “When are you two going to have children? What are you waiting for? Don’t you know how great it is to be parents?” This is an example of: A. fecundity. B. the medicalization of children. C. pronatalism. D. the parental movement 4. The USDA estimates that it cost __________ in 2009 to raise one child to age 18. A. $121,000 B. $158,000 C. $197,000 D. $286,000 5. With respect to couples who are voluntarily childfree: A. childfree couples usually experience their decision as a process that is revisited several times. B. men are more likely to have firm opinions about not having children than are women. C. older childfree couples have higher rates of depression than do couples with children. D. older childfree couples have more extensive relationships with their friends and extended family than do couples with children. 6. People today find the transition to parenthood: ...
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...Name: SCLY 1: Families and Households Revision Notes 2011-12 By the end of this unit you should be able to * answer any question on families and households ! Key definitions: A family is usually a group of people related by marriage or blood. A household is a person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related. Theories of the family From the specification: The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change * Functionalist views: the importance of the nuclear family, the universality of the family, changing functions, how the nuclear family ‘fits’ modern society. * Marxist views: the family as part of the ideological state apparatus, as an agent of social control. * Feminist views: patriarchy; liberal, radical and Marxist feminism. Consensus/Positive views of the family | Conflict/critical views of the family | * Functionalist theories: the family performs positive functions for individuals and society * New Right theories: the family is the cornerstone of society, but it is under threat | * Marxist theories: the family provides important functions for capitalism * Feminist theories: the family reinforces gender inequality and patriarchy | Functionalist theories GP Murdock | Evaluation | Murdock argues that the family is a universal institution (it exists everywhere) that performs four major functions: * Stable satisfaction of the sex drive with the same partner, preventing the...
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...coronation of Hugh Carpet in 987. The Carpetian dynasty, which reigned for almost 900 years, came to an end in 1789 with the declaration of France as a nation by the people and the French revolution. In 843 A.D., the Treaty of Verdun roughly divided most of what is now Western Europe into the three territories of France, Germany, and Italy which was given to the 3 grandsons of Charlemagne. The three territories were ruled primarily in peace, France by Phillip Valois, until 1338 and the beginning of the Hundred Years’ War. Through the war, France won provinces that had been held by the Plantagenet king of England. Protestantism spread rapidly throughout the 16th century coinciding with civil wars throughout the nation due to religious differences. The king, Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes granting religious freedom to the French Protestants, Huguenots, bringing an end to the religiously prompted civil wars. The centuries that followed, marked with territorial squabbles, diverse styles of ruling, and growth throughout the country, paled in comparison to the reign of Louis XIV. Monarchy had reached its pinnacle during this time period and the French court, considered the “center of the Western World,” brought significant recognition to the nation. Unfortunately, costly foreign wars had taken their toll on the already unsteady government as well as the young king resulting in the unrest of the French peasantry. On what is now know as Bastille Day in 1789, an angry mob...
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...Marriage versus living together. Craig Moody ENC1101-12 Colin Lessig December 12, 2011 As a live in relationship I have done both and I know a live in relationship can retain as much or more love, permanency and stability then a lot of marriages. Really it depends on the couple in the relationship. You cannot honestly on a board bases say which is better for people that live together or married that are more committed. Some people would say that when you are not married that you have more freedom but you do not you have just as much freedom as if you were married. Others would say that there are two types of people living together; those that are engaged and living together for a brief time before marriage and those people that live together without definite plans of marriage. Some couples live together before marriage because they might have poor communication skills with each other, and do not want to spoil what they have which in turn could affect their relationship with one another. Marriage is the foundation for family in most modern societies. It is a contract arrangement that is binding two people together by law and is legally recognized would wide. Living together on the other hand, mimics the structure of marriage without the legal binding contract and also the exception of being legal. In some countries or states common law marriages are recognized, completely along with the legal ramifications in the event of dissolution or in some cases of an annulment...
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