Exam (elaborations) FAM 354

What is the definition of radical individualism? - ANSqueers assert the right to self-define outside of societal structure what dilemma did some participants experience in the study in regard to dating norms and scripts? did all participants embrace these scripts? - ANSwhile creating new relationship norms that challenge dominant norms, pressure to conform to community-level norms arise what type of queer relationships are more likely to display gendered dating practices? - ANScis women dating other cis women in other countries where arranged marriage is practiced, families tend to pair spouses who are similar in what qualities? - ANSclass, education, economic status, character, physical health how do Western women in love marriages and women in arranged marriages maintain marital satisfaction differently? - ANScommunication how does the author make the argument that love marriages have similar power inequities to arranged marriages? - ANSgender-differential educational and career achievement list the factors that have contributed to the deinstitutionalization of marriage? - ANSdivision of labor, childbearing outside of marriage what is the definition of the term "deinstitutionalization"? - ANSthe weakening of social norms that guide people's behavior in a social institution as the practical importance of marriage has declined, the _____________ importance has remained high and valued - ANSsymbolic skeptics claim marriage does not cause these traits but what are the "selection effects" associated with marriage - ANSthose who are healthier, wealthier, sexier are more likely to marry; marriage itself creates these benefits what are the costs for women after marriage? - ANSwomen's housework increases; domestic violence; increases suicide, stress, cancer, and high blood pressure what does marriage do to community ties? - ANSmarried couples are more likely to disengage from neighbors and friends or offer help to neighbors when compared to never married individuals; intense communities may reduce the opportunity to meet a marital partner or discourage marriage what does it mean to be cisgender? - ANSthose whose gender identity and sex at birth are in agreement in cis-gender different-gender marriages, who tends to benefit economically and who tends to benefit socially and psychologically - ANSwomen tend to benefit more economically; men benefit more socially and psychologically what is the importance of policies and programs that promote marriage equality when it comes to the discrimination trans people experience? - ANShighlights the importance of providing gender and sexual minorities legal access to marriage as well as the importance of mitigating the stress and discrimination faced by trans women who experience marital dissolution, perhaps as a result of transitioning according to a pattern called the marriage gradient, ______________ tend to marry up, and _____________ tend to marry down - ANSwomen, men