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Alygatorr01285

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How can symbolic interactionism help you to be optimistic about the chances of your own marriage succeeding despite the divorce statistics?
 
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How did the development of the automobile affect courtship customs and sexual norms?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

You are an individual, not a statistic.Divorce statistics represent all marriages, and have absolutely nothing to do with any particular marriage.From a symbolic interactionist perspective, we create our own worlds.Our experiences do not come with built-in meanings.We can create a self-fulfilling prophecy, so it helps to have a vision that a good marriage is possible.It also helps to believe that it is worth the effort to work things out.

Answer to Question 2

By the 1920s, the automobile was used extensively for dating. It removed young people from the watchful eye of parents.Couples parked their cars along country lanes at night.Two carsthe Jewett and the Nasheven came equipped with foldout beds.By the 1960s, about 40 percent of marriage proposals took place in cars.


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