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The Proliferation of Life Choices and the Resistance that Follows
Author(s) -
DePaulo Bella
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
analyses of social issues and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1530-2415
pISSN - 1529-7489
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01299.x
Subject(s) - hostility , resistance (ecology) , social psychology , psychology , social life , marital status , sociology , social science , demography , ecology , population , biology
Twenty‐first century America has been characterized by a proliferation of choices about such fundamental aspects of life as marital status, parental status, and living arrangements. The option to pursue consensual nonmonogamy may be another such choice. When nonnormative ways of living first enter our cultural conversations, resistance and hostility often ensue. Not all stigmatized groups organize to pursue social change. Suggestions for more just laws and policies are offered.