The expectation of love in older age : towards a sociology of intimacy
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Riggs, Anne and Turner, Bryan Stanley. (2020). The expectation of love in older age : towards a sociology of intimacy. In A Certain Age: Women growing older pp. 193-208 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003137146-16
Authors | Riggs, Anne and Turner, Bryan Stanley |
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Abstract | Ageing as a process does not necessarily bring about a decline of sexual desire, interest or capacity, and there are many other ways of being intimate with a partner. This chapter presents the results from interviews with thirty-seven older women, and explores the many and varied ways in which intimate relationships are sustained in older age. In recent years, much has been written about the considerable changes in the expectations of both men and women in intimate relationships, changes that are reflected in altered attitudes towards marriage, adultery and divorce. In contemporary society, the complementarity of gender roles in what might be called a traditional marriage has been transformed into a ‘pure relationship’ in which individuals are forced to negotiate rights and responsibilities. This emphasis on intimacy places new expectations and tensions on marriage, as one respondent put it when speaking of her first marriage: Women were talking about divorce changing their life. |
Keywords | Social Sciences; Sociology; intimacy ; marriage |
Page range | 193-208 |
Year | 01 Jan 2020 |
Book title | A Certain Age: Women growing older |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 978-100313714-6 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003137146-16 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003137146-16/expectation-love-older-age-towards-sociology-intimacy-anne-riggs-bryan-turner |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 27 Aug 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 19 Feb 2024 |
Deposited | 27 Feb 2024 |
Additional information | © Routledge, 2020. |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/9030x/the-expectation-of-love-in-older-age-towards-a-sociology-of-intimacy
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