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Marriage, divorce and cohabitation (Decline in marriage rate and changes…
Marriage, divorce and cohabitation
Marriage
A universal institution practiced by most societies, although form and function differs between societies.
In UK they practice monogamy- legally men and women can only be married to one person at a time.
Serial monogamy is becoming more prominent in UK, this is when people are marrying more than one person in their lifetime because of divorce/death but still only marry them one at a time.
Polygamy- term for when religion/culture allows a man to have more than one wife.
Khan argues may be 20,000 polygynous Muslim marriages in the UK.
Polyandry- term for when women can have more than one husband because of culture. Less common but Hames claims more than 80 cultural groups worldwide which practice it.
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Divorce
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Changes in the law
Divorce reform act made divorce a lot easier and cheaper. It is highly likely a lot of 'empty shell marriages' or those couldn't afford get divorced took the opportunity to escape from their unhappy marriages as a result of the law. Laws allowing equal rights for women impacted the divorce rate in terms of job opportunities.
Changing in attitudes
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Marriage traditionally viewed as a religious ceremony, sacred vows made and couldn't be broken but no longer the case.
Civil marriages (non religious) has increased significantly.
There is a lot less stigma around divorce today, it's a lot more common so not frowned upon like it was.
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