I'm Etalie, I'm currently studying for my AS levels and will (hopefully) be posting revision entries on psychology and sociology.
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(NB - GCSE: italics in the science subjects are things that are only in paper 2!)

Sunday 11 May 2014

RELIGION AND LIFE 

 3 - MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY 

 Changing attitudes to marriage and family life - 

 1960's - 

  • Young people were expected to only have sex after marriage 
  • Most people married young and in church 
  • Divorces were very rare and frowned upon 
  • Families were nuclear (husband, wife and children) 
  • Male homosexuality was a criminal offence 
How attitudes have changed - 
  • Most people have sex before marriage 
  • Many couples cohabit instead of marry - more children brought up by cohabiting parents 
  • Average marriage age has decreased 
  • Most marriages don't take place in a church 
  • Divorce is accepted and a lot more common 
  • More single parent families and re-constituted families 
  • More extended families 
  • More mothers in employment 
  • Society treats homosexual sex the same way as heterosexual sex 
  • Homosexual couples can now have a civil partnership - same rights and treatment as an opposite-sex couple 
Why things have changed - 

1 - Cohabitation and marriage 
  • Contraception - safer to have sex before marriage 
  • Less people go to church - not encouraged to abstain from sex until marriage 
  • Media and celebrities make cohabitation seem more respectable - more popular 
  • Media shows sexual relationships outside marriage as the norm 
2 - Divorce 
  • New laws - now easier and cheaper 
  • More equality for women - no longer accept unequal treatment from men, will divorce if abused etc. 
  • Women are more financially dependant, can support themselves after a divorce 
  • Most divorces occur 10 years after marriage - big change in average 
3 - Family life 
  • Cohabitation more popular 
  • Increase in divorce - more re-marriage and therefore more re-constituted families (as well as single parent families) 
  • More mothers in paid employment - grandparents look after children 
4 - Homosexuality 
  • Law changes - easier to be openly homosexual 
  • Society more aware and accepting 
  • Medical research has shown that homosexuality is natural - people accept equal status and rights for homosexual couples 
  • Media coverage of gay couples - increased acceptance 
  • Gay rights organisations (eg: LGBT(Q) ) 
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