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- Title: Looking?
- Author : M.D. Johnson
- Release Date : January 18, 2015
- Genre: Family & Relationships,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1574 KB
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Cheating, open relationships and friends with benefits are everywhere. Marriage rates are plummeting and divorce rates are the highest since statistics have been kept. What’s going on? Why are people fleeing the institution of marriage?
Modern technology has triggered a new sexual revolution and forced a redefinition in our relationship paradigm. Texting, selfies, and social media like Facebook have exploded our ability to seek out new mates, or keep ones waiting in case our primary one fails. Dating and hookup apps make finding someone compatible for dinner or just a one night stand as easy as online banking.
Using hot and steamy stories from the complex relationships of Tony, Robbie and Dave, three gay men, as well detailed data from current relationship studies, MD Johnson argues that our Whack-a-mole approach to monogamy, where couples make complex rules desperately trying to preserve it, is failing against the unstoppable rush of technology.
Instead of the old linear structure, a line drawn between just two spouses, our changing needs and expectations are creating a new pyramid relationship structure. The top level contains the couple, not monogamous and no “till death do us part” vow. The mid-level contains friends with benefits with very few expectations or commitments. The base of the pyramid is made up of our close, long terms friendships, which, study after study show, provide more long-term happiness that the other two levels combined.
Relationships are evolving. The question is, will marriage fade into extinction like the Dodo bird?