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The more segregated the role-relationship, the more likely spouses are to have working-class status and less formal education. (For Bott, working class status was a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for segregated role performance) The Composition Principle. The more segregated the role-relationship, the more likely females are to have ...
The Limitations of Contract: Regulating Personal Relationships in a Marriage-Free State, Clare Chambers; Is Marriage Bad for Children? Rethinking the Connection Between Having Children, Romantic Love, and Marriage, Samantha Brennan and Bill Cameron; Equality and Non-hierarchy in Marriage: What Do Feminists Really Want?, Elizabeth Brake
The type, functions, and characteristics of marriage vary from culture to culture, and can change over time. In general there are two types: civil marriage and religious marriage, and typically marriages employ a combination of both (religious marriages must often be licensed and recognized by the state, and conversely civil marriages, while not sanctioned under religious law, are nevertheless ...
Cultural context has influence in many domains within intimate relationships including norms in communication, expression of affection, commitment and marriage practices, and gender roles. [113] For example, cross-cultural research finds that individuals in China prefer indirect and implicit communication with their romantic partner, whereas ...
Polygyny – the marriage of a man to multiple women. Polygynandry – the marriage of multiple men to multiple women. Free union; Engagement or betrothal; the period of time between a marriage proposal and the marriage itself, sometimes accompanied by the formal Church announcement of the intent to marry known as banns. Marriage. Marriage ...
In a small number of jurisdictions marriage relationships may be created by the operation of the law alone. [130] Unlike the typical ceremonial marriage with legal contract, wedding ceremony, and other details, a common-law marriage may be called "marriage by habit and repute (cohabitation)." A de facto common-law marriage without a license or ...
Increase in gender fluid roles within the family household. [3] Baby boomer generation; Influence of living in a multi-generational household. [4] Long-distance relationships – overseas workers; Ideology: Family based beliefs and psychological effects How the choices of parents affect their children. Effects of same sex couples and marriages ...
Marriage is an icon (image) of the relationship between Jesus and the Church. This is somewhat akin to the Old Testament prophets' use of marriage as an analogy to describe the relationship between God and Israel. Marriage is the simplest, most basic unity of the church: a congregation where "two or three are gathered together in Jesus' name."