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1SOCIOLOGYIntroductionFamily is a social organization where people of the same blood relation or other relationslive together (Bhambra and Santos 2017). It is also defined as an intimate relationship betweenpeople who are blood relatives, have a bond due to sexual mating or are legally bounded. In acountry like Australia marriages are conventionally to take place as a result of love. But therehave been changes in the concept of family in Australia since mid-twentieth century. Of all theAustralian population three fourth are family households (Boese and Marotta 2017). Thesehouseholds consist of couples-only families, couples with dependent children, and couples withindependent children. The following discussion is about the changes and factors of change infamily trends in recent years in the country of Australia. Love and Mate selectionIt has been observed that marriages in the ancient societies were arranged by a third partyrather than selecting a partner by itself. It was due to the fact that marriages were done toincrease the prestige, economic wellbeing and political stance of people. But with passage oftime these practices of marriage faded with the decline of imperialism and feudalism (Buchler,Perales and Baxter 2017). Love became the most prominent factor for marriage in the later yearsof twentieth century. After, the induction of Hollywood and its impact on the hearts and minds ofpeople all over the world the concept of marriage changed drastically. The songs and its lyricsspoke mainly of love between two people which ended up mainly in marriage. According to some psychologists feeling of love can be evoked by three componentswhich are erotic attraction, revealing personal thoughts and shared feelings to an opposite sexand a tendency to stay in a relationship for companionship. Australian people are open minded
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2SOCIOLOGYand easily adapt to changes which they feel comfortable with. They felt that love is the basicdriving factor to get married with a person of opposite gender (Cengage and Furze 2014). It tooktime for the entire society to understand the concept of love and its importance for a person tofind a companion of their choice to spend their entire lives. There were social forces likemarriage resources, third parties and demographic factors which also contributed to the change intrend of marriage in Australia.Marital Satisfaction and DivorceSelection of a mate or a partner is the beginning of married life. The repercussions andconsequences of marriage is seen and observed when some time passes. People who get marriedneed to be satisfied in every aspect to continue in their marriage and any lacuna can sour theirmarried life. If people are living happily after marriage then that bond is known to be longer thanpeople who are in a useful marriage. In earlier time women were made more independent byusing methods of contraception and delayed childbirth. In 1960’s women of Australia gotinclined towards higher education and got jobs hence they became financially independent andthey got the leverage to take bold decisions of their own lives (Denny et al. 2014). As of now divorce rate in Australia is one third. This clearly suggests that there is a highrate of marriage dissatisfaction and high level intolerance towards among married couples whowant to get separated without much fuss. There arises a conflict between the feeling of love,intimacy and companionship and the notion of individual aspirations, disappointment andconfusion during marriage which becomes the major reason for divorce (Denny et al. 2014).Identification of the social reasons of marital collapse is economic issues, generational partners,domestic background, fertility, value of marriage in life and relationships. Most if the divorces
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