Explain how affluence has made it possible to consider alternate lifestyles and marital forms
What will be an ideal response?
Affluence allows people to further their education, which exposes them to new ideas; brings mobility to allow contact with new people and lifestyles; enables people to postpone adult responsibilities and encourages experimentation; and has given rise to the media and the portrayal of various lifestyles.
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a. Hispanic and black … white b. white and Hispanic … black c. white and black … Hispanic
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