Love

Love is something everyone is looking for whether they want to admit it or not. Love has not changed but the forms of relationships have.

Relationships have drastically changed since the 60's. According to Stephanie Coontz book Marriage: a History “But love in marriage was seen as a bonus, not a necessity” (Coontz 19).

That is not the case in today's time because everyone either wants to be in love or in some form of a relationship.

Love and Sex in Popular Culture

Love in Popular Culture also includes a lot of sexual intercourse. The article "Casual Sex May Be Approving America's Marriages" by Helen Fisher agrees with our concept. Young people tend to have sexual intercourse before even falling in love with someone. " In 2013, 58 percent of men and 50 percent of women in our Singles in America study reported that they’d had a friends with benefits relationship, including one in three people in their 70s. And 28 percent of our 2014 participants had had a friends with benefits relationship turn into a long-term partnership" (Fisher).

Advertising: Then vs Now

Then

 Now

Statistics: Now vs Then

Abstinence

Marriage

Divorce

Relationships: Then Vs. Now

Love in Music Then vs Now

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Now

1960's

The Sound of Music - 1965

 

• A woman who trying to become a nun serves as a governess, then falls in love with the widowed father

1970's

Grease - 1978

A stereotypical greased up "cool guy" falls in love with the new student who he happened to meet on vacation the passed summer, but when he deems himself too popular for her he hurts her feelings, yet tries to pretend he's not trying to hide the fact that they're together.

1980's

When Harry Met Sally - 1989

Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

1990's

The Titanic - 1997

A high ranking woman from a very rich society falls for a gambler with nothing, who woos her with his fun-filled lifestyle and exciting, risky behavior. Later when the ship sinks, they stick together and he puts her life before his.

2000 - 2005's

A Walk to Remember - 2002

A quiet girl must help a rebel boy who got in trouble, and they end up falling in love. Turns out, she has cancer and his life is changed forever.

2006 - 2010's

Because I Said So - 2007

2011 - 2015's

Friends With Benefits - 2011

Two people who are fed up with having their hearts broken in relationships decide to just have a sexual relationship with each other 

Same sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states; ever since the case of Obergefell v. Hodges

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WORK CITED

Book: Marriage, a History by Stephanie Coontz

Article: Casual Sex May Be Improving America's Marriages

Website: www.youtube.com

http://nautil.us/issue/22/slow/casual-sex-is-improving-americas-marriages

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/10/friends-with-benefits-actually-a-burden_n_1871834.html

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