Foreword
1
Marriage, Family, and Variant Lifestyles: Persistence and
Chance
Marriage:
Criticism and Alternatives
Impact Upon Society
Variant Lifestyles and Relationships
Review Questions
Suggested Projects
2
Singlehood
Defining
Singlehood
Societal Context
Incidence
in Society
Attitudes in Society
Varieties
of the Single Life
Stability
and Volutariness
1)
Voluntary and temporary singles
2) Voluntary and stable singles
3) Involuntary temporary singles
4) Involuntary stable singles
Sexual
Lifestyles
1)
Celibacy
2) Casual sex
3) Sexually exclusive relationships
4) Sexually nonexclusive relationships
Characteristics of Singles
Becoming and Staying Single
Health, Well-Being, and Loneliness
Review Questions
Suggested Projects
3
Nonmarital Cohabitation
Defining
Nonmarital Cohabitation
Societal Context
Varieties of Nonmarital Cohabitation
Characteristics of Cohabitors
The Pushes and Pulls of Cohabitation
Features of the Cohabiting Relationship
Effects of Cohabitation Upon Marriage
Review Questions
Suggested Projects
4 Gay and
Lesbian Lifestyles and Relationships
(...)
Zitat:
Gegenstandsbereich: Singlehood
"those unmarried individuals who do not
cohabit with an intimate partner, although they may share a
residence with a friend, children, or relatives, and may
have a more or less stable intimate relationship with
someone living elsewhere (...). Furthermore, we limit this
chapter primarily to heterosexual singles (...). We also
refrain from paying particular attention to older singles
(...). Finally, the issue of single-parent families is (...)
not dealt with specifically in this book, although many of
the issues discussed here apply to single parents as well."
(S.22f.)