The textbook defines marriage as a socially approved union between two adults that has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT _____
a. formalization of the relationship
b. regulation sexual rights and obligations
c. some sort of explicit contract
d. management of economic obligations
e. assumption of some degree of permanence
ANSWER:
c
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