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Rethinking monogamy in Western Canada

Rethinking monogamy in Western Canada

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- You hear it all the time, especially in debates concerning same-sex marriage and polygamy: The biggest threat to the social order is the breakdown of monogamous marriage.





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Women who exit welfare just as likely to marry as women never on welfare

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgr ...


Study shows gay couples want legal rights, regardless of marriage

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research from North Carolina State University shows that gay and lesbian couples are forming long-term, committed relationships, even in the absence of the right to marry. However, couples surveyed for the study overwhelmingly ...


Probing Question: What predicts a happy marriage?

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

You’ve planned the perfect Valentine’s Day, booked the candlelit restaurant, bought chocolate and flowers. (Or, depending on your darling's taste, bought tickets to a monster truck rally.) The night couldn’t have gone better… ...


Seven-year itch? Boredom can hurt a marriage

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate.


When Mom Dates, Dad Stops Visiting His Kids

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New research from the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that children born outside of marriage are less likely to be visited by their father when the mother is involved in a new romantic relationship. Many children born out ...


Birds with a nose for a difference

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Avoidance of inbreeding is evident amongst humans, and has been demonstrated in some shorebirds, mice and sand lizards. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology now report that it also occurs ...


Serial cohabiters less likely than others to marry

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family found that serial cohabiters are less likely than single-instance cohabiting unions to result in marriage. Similarly if serial cohabiters marry, divorce rates are very high. ...


Parents: Slow Down and Get Off the Marriage-Go-Round

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

After a divorce or break-up, parents need to be very cautious about bringing new love interests into their homes, according to Andrew Cherlin, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.


Living together: The best way to divorce-proof a marriage?

Living together: The best way to divorce-proof a marriage?

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults see living together as the best way to protect against divorce, not as an alternative to marriage, a University of Michigan researcher says.


Health and marriage: The times they are a changin'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The health of people who never marry is improving, narrowing the gap with their wedded counterparts, according to new research that suggests the practice of encouraging marriage to promote health may be misguided.



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