What are the cultural and social norms that have caused these transitions?

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Relationship demographics have changed significantly during the past seventy years. What are the cultural and social norms that have caused these transitions? Clearly identify a specific demographic change that you will explore for this assignment. For example, why has singlehood increased as a life option? Why have more people joined in interracial/interethnic relationships? How has the marriage equality act influenced LGBTQ+ partnering/marriage? Why have divorce rates decreased in the U.S.? Use at least two academic sources and specific references from the texts and the content guides to support your thesis.

Benokraitis
* Chapter 8: Choosing Others,
* Chapter 9: Singlehood and Cohabitation
* Chapter 10: Marriage and Communication in Intimate Relationships
* Chapter 13: Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepfamilies (Data Digest, Separation, Divorce, Why Do People Divorce?, How Divorce Affects Adults)

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/71o1ak6ilqk99lfb89tgb/Marriages-families-_-changes-choices-and-constraints-Benokraitis-Benokraitis-Nijole-Vaicaitis-8.-edition-2015-Pearson-9780205918201-a18744e4fdbcadac1e08c742c4d46d29-Anna-s-Archive.pdf.pdf?rlkey=26je5qagunk1vxg00qzpsi9ll&dl=0

Risman
* Chapter 9: Interracial Families in Post-Civil Rights America
* Chapter 10: Families “In Law” and Families “In Practice”
* Chapter 12: New Couples, New Families
* Chapter 20: The Marriage Movement
Amory, Deborah and Sean Massey
* Chapter 6: LGBTQ Legal History (online book chapter)

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6zgd9inx90et6nztii6j3/Families-as-they-really-are-Risman-Barbara-J.-1956-Rutter-Virginia-2015-New-York_-W.W.-Norton-Company-9780393937671-d615cf93ea0c5b7f0cdfe32e49eec128-Anna-s-Archive.pdf.pdf?rlkey=dzbua33li9r1ydvuh4z5v9wu5&dl=0

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