Question

Historically, the path toward the American dream normally involved "settling down" and getting married. This was a socially desirable status. However, as you can see from the data shared on the Contemporary Families website, the trend over the last 30 years has been a decline in marital status and a rise in individuals who are living alone. Name two cultural and economic forces you think are driving this trend. What are the positive and negative implications upon society? What sociological perspective best reflects these changing notions?

Answer 1

According to me, the thought living of independent and the career oriented people who now prefer career as priority compare to just settling down and get married. These youngsters wants to do something in their life and thinks that they don’t want any responsibility of family.

Off course each step in our lives have a negative and positive effect upon society but it depends on the individual as different individuals have different aspects and point of view for each situation. Some are married and happy. Mostly are living together happily while few of them are lives their life alone.

These changes reflect that some societies highly accept this type of independence for themselves and for others while some mindsets are just still the same that settling down and getting married is the only way to keep yourself happy.

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