Discuss the history and reasons for arranged marriages. Why did they decline in practice?

What will be an ideal response?


The student's discussion should include the history of maintaining property and familism and patriarchy. The traditions of courtly love and romance, the rise of individualism, and more personal economic freedom of the young all contributed to the decline of arranged marriages.

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

The ____ family consists of one or more nuclear families plus uncles, aunts, grandparents, and other family members

a. blended b. tribal c. consensual d. extended

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