Continuum
autonomous marriage (choosing your mate)
arranged marriage (having no choice over who you marry)
Propinquity
we marry those in our close proximity
Homogamy
marrying people that are similar to us with their beliefs and values.
The filter model
1. pool of eligibles
2. gender preference
3. propinquity
4. endogamy vs. exogamy
5. homogamy
6. value and role similarity
7. cohabitation, engagement
I am going to put these stages into examples
1. 7 billion people in the world
2. male or female
3. sex ratio in the community
4. people within a group or outside
5. choosing people like us
6. believing in religion
7. living together.
I completely agree with these stages, and think there is no other way to go through these stages. However I would add a stage called propinquity, which says dating people that either live near us or that we meet on the internet, because this is a very popular way of mate selection today.
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