How have romantic commitments changed over the last 50 years

How have romantic commitments changed over the last 50 years? Discuss changing expectations about marriage, cohabitation, divorce rates, having children outside of marriage, and hookups without commitment. Is society more accepting of all of these? Or just a few? Why do you think this changed has occurred? What are the implications of this for future generations?

Solution

Changes in relationship formation and ending in the past 50 years have shown new patterns in romantic relations among young adults. Individuals are choosing to engage in romantic ties on their own terms without the guidance of social rules. Over the last 50 years marriage has changed tremendously. People are starting to cohabitate instead of getting married and found as the easier option instead of getting married. Here are some statistics to how marriage has changed over 50 years from the u.k marriage survey in 2005 - 17% of marriages fail due to emotional/physical abuse, 27% adulterous behaviour and 4% business problems.