The Changes and Influences of Marriage and Family Patterns in Modern America

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1、当代美国婚姻和家庭模式的变化及影响TheChangesandInfluencesofMarriageandFamilyPatternsinModernAmericaAbstract:Familyisthebasicsocialinstitutionandthebedrockofallsocieties.Familystructureandfamilylifecanmirrorthemoralvaluesofthesociety,itscultures,anditsnationalcharacteristics.TheAmerican

2、societyhaschangedalotsincethe1960sinmaterialwealth.Theenormousmaterialwealthandthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyhavealsopushedpeopletolookformoreself-fulfillment.Asaresult,peoplearemoreandmoreconcernedaboutindividualrights.Thesocietyasawholehasbecomemoretoleranttowa

3、rdpeoplewhodonotfollowthetraditionalculturalpatterns.Meanwhilemarriageandfamilypatternshaveexperiencedtremendouschangesundertheinfluenceofthesechanges.ThechangeshavetremendousinfluencesontheAmericansociety,men,women,andchildren.Marriageandfamilypatternsinourcountryhave

4、alsoexperiencedchangestheseyears.StudyingthechangesofAmericanmarriageandfamilypatternscanprovideussomevaluableinformation.Keywords:Americanmarriage;familypatterns;changes;influences摘　要：家庭是社会的基本单位，也是社会的基石。家庭结构和家庭生活亦可反映出社会的价值观，文化特性和国民特征。20世纪60年代美国社会在物质财富方面发生了巨大的变化。物质财富的充

5、裕，科学技术的迅猛发展促使人们追求自我享乐，整个美国社会对传统价值观的态度的转变影响了美国的婚姻和家庭模式。文章主要探讨了美国婚姻和家庭模式的变化，以及这些变化对美国社会和人们的生活产生的影响。研究美国婚姻家庭模式的变迁的经验结果对我们研究全球化时代中国婚姻家庭的变迁课提供有益的参考。关键词：美国婚姻；家庭模式；变化；影响ContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………………..1II.LiteratureReview……………………………………………………1III.TheChangesoftheM

6、arriage…………………………………………..2A.Thetendencyoflatemarriage………………………………………………2B.Highrateofdivorce………………………………………………………….2C.Marriagebetweenthesamesexes……………………………………..........3D.Marriagebetweendifferentraces…………………………………………..3IV.DiverseFamilyPatterns…………………………………………………..4A.Nu

7、clearfamily………………………………………………………………..4B.Blendedfamily……………………………………………………………….5C.Dual-Employedfamily……………………………………………………...5D.Single-parentfamily…………………………………………………………6E.Cohabitation………………………………………………………………….7F.Singlelife……………………………………………………………………...7G.Child-freefamily

8、……………………………………………………………..7H.Gayandlesbianfamily……………………………………………………...8V.TheCausesandInfluencesoftheChanges…………………………