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Several types of evidence suggest our pre-agricultural (prehistoric) ancestors lived in groups where most mature individuals would have had several ongoing sexual relationships at any given time. Though often casual, these relationships were not random or meaningless. Quite the opposite: they reinforced crucial social ties holding these highly inte
... See moreCacilda Jetha • Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
why are men and women so different in our desires, fantasies, responses, and sexual behavior? Why are we betraying and divorcing each other at ever increasing rates when not opting out of marriage entirely? Why the pandemic spread of single-parent families? Why does the passion evaporate from so many marriages so quickly? What causes the death of d
... See moreCacilda Jetha • Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
One of the most disturbing facts about American marriage today is that while divorce increased at similar rates for the wealthy and the poor in the 1960s and ’70s, those rates diverged sharply starting around 1980. According to the sociologist Steven P. Martin, among Americans who married between 1975 and 1979, the 10-year divorce rate was 28 perce
... See moreEli J. Finkel • Opinion | The All-or-Nothing Marriage (Published 2014)
Rather than calling for social change, they looked to the home as the prescription for relief, where a man could find comfort, solace, and a release from stress.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
La « désintégration » récente de la famille résulte de la disparition des pressions externes et des changements sociaux (changements dans le monde du travail qui s’est ouvert aux femmes, par exemple) beaucoup plus que de la baisse de l’amour et de la moralité.
Léandre Bouffard • Vivre - La Psychologie du bonheur (French Edition)
Still another likely spur to sterner morality will be the end of entitlements and income redistribution. When the hope of aid for those falling behind is based primarily upon appeals to private individuals and charitable bodies, it will be more important than it has been in the twentieth century that the recipients of charity appear to be morally d
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
provide? He now viewed a successful relationship as one in which both people had recognized the best of what the other person had to offer and had chosen to value it as well.
Hanya Yanagihara • A Little Life: A Novel
The search for a satisfying sexual partner is a problem all by itself. Another report by the National Marriage Project states: A pornographic media culture may [also] contribute to unrealistic expectations of what their future soul mate should look like. Influenced by the sexy images of young women on MTV, the Internet, and on the runway in televis
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