Title: Sociological Perspectives on Declining Marriage and Increasing Divorce on Society – ReviseSociology
Headings: Sociological Perspectives on Declining Marriage and Increasing Divorce on Society
Sociological Perspectives on Declining Marriage and Increasing Divorce on Society
What replaces married couples?
Feminism
The New Right/ Functionalists
Postmodernism
Late modernism
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Sociological Perspectives on Declining Marriage and Increasing Divorce on Society
This post examines the effects of declining in marriage and increasing divorce. Have women benefitted from these changes like some Feminists suggests. Are these trends signs of moral decline like the The New Right suggest, or are these trends just part of the broader process of individualisation and increasing reflexivity and nothing to worry about? Sociological Perspective on Declining Marriage and Increasing Divorce
What replaces married couples? Probably the most fundamental thing is that people’s attitudes towards marriage have change. The idea that marriage is a necessary tradition or a sacred duty have declined drastically, marriage is now seen as a choice. There is greater family and household diversity as a result. Despite the decline of marriage, most people still ‘couple up’ – cohabitation has increased. Cohabiting couples are more likely to break up, so relationships have become more unstable. A related factor here is that serial monogamy, rather than out and out promiscuity throughout one’s life appears to be the new norm.