LAT Relationships

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  • LAT Relationships
    • Living Apart Together
      • unburdened by the structural commitments of married and cohabiting relationships such as financial and legal commitments
    • Levin - new type of family to challenge the nuclear
      • people may have existing responsibilities such as children or elderly people
      • practicality - may work in different places or fear losing memories attached to their former homes
      • avoid risk of recreating the conditions that led to the break up of a former relationship
    • changes in social norms similar to those of divorce
    • conforms to Giddens idea of a pure relationship based on self interest

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