soc101 exam 2
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- when did dating start?
- the early 20th century
- examples of technology in dating
- dating websites, texting
- most communication is...
- non verbal
- class and dating: upper class (wealthy)
- formalized/traditional dating parents have more control private schools - kids meet rich kids
- middle class dating
- (disposable income)
- working class dating
- start dating earlier select longterm partners earlier - settle down after highschool
- filter theory of mate selection
- ~propinquity: who you run into --> where you live, wealth (social circles), interests (what you do - athletics, music) ~social class ~Race, ethnicity, religion ~physical appearance ~family, peer pressure i.e. friends not liking someone
- filter theory suggests that love is....
- HOMOGONOUS - someone similar to yourself
- MARRIAGE MARKET FRAMEWORK is based on...
- supply and demand!
- marriage market includes...
- ~trade resources~ -physical appearance -money -personality -abilities -intelligence
- HYPERGAMY - define
- -marrying up -women tend to marry up
- HYPOGAMY -
- -marrying down -men tend to marry down
- study of personal ads
- beautiful female preferred to successfull (3 to 1) Successful male preferred to handsome (4 to 1)
- dating violence
- = emotional / verbal aggression
- Biggest target group for dating violence??
- women ages 16 - 24
- rape
- unwanted, forced, or coerced sexual intercourse
- what is the date rape drug?
- rohypnol
- most likely to succeed in a relationship if...
- equally: attractive, committed, socially
- Are men or women more likely to be depressed after a break up?
- MEN!
- THE MARRIAGE GRADIENT
- MEN TEND TO MARRY DOWN IN SOCIAL CLASS (hypogamy)
- anticipatory socialization
- S. A. Lloyd and R. M. Cote (1984) socialization that is directed towards learning future roles - i. e. marriage roles
- SEX RATIO
- THE NUMBER OF MEN TO EVERY 100 WOMEN for african americans, there are very few men to everyone 100 women
- lesbians tend to meet partners in bars (true or false)
- FALSE - bars are frequented by couples, not cruisers
- equity theory
- attraction based on fair deal - not exchange theory
- filter theory by...
- David Klimek
- marriage squeeze
- one sex has more limited pool of eligibles than others
- OR VT sex
- physical, hormonal used by medical field
- OR VT gender
- social and psychological characteristics masculine, feminine, androgynous
- OR VT gender identity
- someones inner sense of being masculine/feminine
- OR VT sexual orientation
- enduring emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to another person or persons
- GLBQTA
- gay lesbian bi question transgendered ally
- sexual double standard
- differing set of norms based on gender
- puritan sexuality
- sex only for marriage covenante with god
- victorian sexuality
- sexual stimulation and orgasm sapped a person's vitals sexual double standard --> women taught to look other way when men had extramarital affairs because sexuality was a male phenom. sex = bad
- sexuality and slavery
- men - "studs" for insemination women - had no sexual choice
- sexuality in late 20th century
- 1950 - 1970 --> sex outside of marriage was acceptable in a loving relationship
- sexual scripts
- society's quidlines learned through socialization
- sources of social learning for sexuality
- ~significant others: parents, friends, relatives, religious figures generalized others: society at large mass media: sex sells peer influence --> decides when adolescents become active
- sex attitudes and behaviors in the 90s
- sex became POLITICAL : ABORTION, homosexuality, sem sex marriage rights sexual abuse
- do most americans prefer marriage or single life in america?
- MARRIAGE!
- NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO VIEW HOMOSEXUALITY AS WRONG IS...
- DECREASING
- Freud's sexual social learning
- sexuality = biologically determined force
- Kinsey's theory for sexuality
- biologically determined
- proscribe describes...
- what we should NOT do
- prescribe describes...
- what we SHOULD do
- cunninlingus
- eating out
- fellatio
- blow job!
- can women experience orgasm after menopause?
- yes!!!!!
- autoerotisicm
- masturbation sexual fantasy erotic dreams
- cognative dissonance attitude
- conflicts between attitude + belief and your behavior
- resolution
- change in attitude/behavior/diminish importance of attitude response to cognative dissonance
- reference group
- people you compare yourself to to see how your doing
- singlehood is...
- INCREASING!
- SOCIAL CAUSES OF SINGLEHOOD
- ~financial alternatives: womens work ~sexual freedom: sex not limited to marriage ~increased acceptance of cohabitation (1/2 marriages preceeded by cohabitation) ~increase of acceptance of gay/lesbian orientation ~increase acceptance of individualism: individualism might be comprimised by marriage
- proximate causes of singlehood
- lifelong singlehood - hard to measure postponement of marriage - increased since 60s
- population of singles is.... homogeneous or hetero?
- HETERO voluntary, involuntary, etc.
- single people (esp. men) are generally...
- =( unhappier than married couples they can also be caretakers!
- benefits of marriage
- sex companionship economically =) care
- singles include...
- unmarried, divorced, widowed, seperated CURRENTLY NOT MARRIED
- singles in early america
- singles seen as defective marriage was practical!!
- industrialization made singlehood...
- increase!!!! financial independence increased!!!!
- GLOBALLY, MARRIAGE IS....
- DOWN!
- peter stein
- demystifying singlehood! pushes (neg) and pulls (pos) stein catagorized singles as voluntary, etc.
- the income of nonmarried people is
- LOWER than married people
- common law marriage
- cohabiting mutual not ceremony-ized recognized by state only accepted in 7 states today
- trial marriage
- cohabitation = prelude to marriage
- substitute marriage
- people who cant marry might cohabit