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Stephanie , Talked about different reasons why people decide to get married , and reasons why people don't want to get married. She talked about the history about marriage , and how back in the late days it wasn't popular. More people want a love based on sharing and friendship. You have to connections to maintain the friendships.

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In the podcast they were talking about how marriages has changed over the past century and the years prior to the innovation of  getting married through love and getting married because of a social role acceptance. Before the 1920's marriage was considered as an arrangement of people to economically and socially heighten their social class and status. There was no love involved when it came to marriage and was even frowned upon in many cultures. As post WWII the idea shifted because females were becoming financially more stable and it wasn't just the guy's role to provide. People wanted to get married to someone they had a deep connection and a sense of love towards so the old way of marriage slowly got pushed out and now people are getting married more for having a deep connection with a person.

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In the podcast they were talking about how marriages has changed over the past century and the years prior to the innovation of  getting married through love and getting married because of a social role acceptance. Before the 1920's marriage was considered as an arrangement of people to economically and socially heighten their social class and status. There was no love involved when it came to marriage and was even frowned upon in many cultures. As post WWII the idea shifted because females were becoming financially more stable and it wasn't just the guy's role to provide. People wanted to get married to someone they had a deep connection and a sense of love towards so the old way of marriage slowly got pushed out and now people are getting married more for having a deep connection with a person.

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In the podcast, they mentioned that people got together for social reasons and romantic love was accepted but not always when it was toward someone you wanted to marry when your parents disagreed, thus people beginning to accept infidelity. For sociologists this shows the changes in today's society and how romantic love is the ideal reason for marriage and not social standing, and that our views have changed drastically when it comes to infidelity because we now see it as something illegal and morally wrong instead of a norm because our parents did not agree with how we felt romantically about a person.

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The pioneer family was one of the most subsidized families in history. We are lead to believe the families of the past were ideal and self reliant, extended families worked together to take care of each other, when infact, when we are told that they built themselves up when in fact the government subsidized so these people were able to pay for school and eat, etc. Half of the male supposed bread winners after WWII were subsidized to go back to school to get the better waged jobs. These facts proved that early familys were not the traditional role model, ideal family's that some sociologist would have us believe.

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The podcast spoke a lot about how as time began and the aveage house hold devloped women often did the house work in the 1900's and that as time has progressed women have earned more rights and more chances to move on. However even though this is true its found that most women still do these because of how they where raised and because its what they would rather do some times. This tells us a lot because although their are now more options it does not mean every single women will jump at this chance because it make not be what they want.

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Stephanie talks about how men were in charge of women. Women are used to do more "women" tasks and according to feminine history, it comes from many years and we still follow the same rules.

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Fact: Marriage was once based on a way to gain a higher social status or business connection with another family versus marrying that person because you love them.

For sociologists this would mean that families would be true to the functionalism theories as they would marry, reproduce, the husband would continue to work very hard for society while the wife was at home taking care of the usual labor tasks, and the generation they would leave would go through the same process in a seamless manner.

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In the podcast Stephanie talked about how woman used to be solely in charge of all the housework and raising the children back in  1900s. Alot  has changed since then. Woman have gained way more rights than they did back in the 1900s, but alot woman still do follow the norms of doing housework and doing alot  of the child care.
- Niklas Hopkins

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In the podcast they talked about how marriage and love were looked at as two different things. If you were married it didn't mean they loved each other. Marriage was looked at as a business deal that was made between the two families, often chosen by the parents. But as time has gone on, the word love has changed meaning. Love didn't have much meaning then, but now it's important that you marry the person that you actually love because your'e choosing to be with them forever and that's looked at as a serious commitment.

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- Stephanie talked about how in the earliest studies of the 1900's marriage was not based upon love & compatibility, this thought was completely frowned upon. Marriage was considered a business arrangement depending on your social status, race, religion, and family wealth.
- This could allow sociologists to use this early basis of how marriage was created to show the changes and development in society. With this said people could look at marriage differently and how society accepts marriage to be formed based on love and not as a business arrangement.

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In the podcast stephanie and adam talk about marriage is not so much of love in that culture. Its more of a business and agreement. I don't think love is much of a factor or does not play a big part in anything.

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At the beginning of the podcast, Stephanie explained that love and marriage are opposed to each other historically because marriage was such an important political and economic decision not only for an individual but for the whole community. Marriage was a business arrangement and love was not included there.

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Stephanie and Adam discuss the importance of shared values. One thing that is critical to a lasting and successful relationship is that you share a definition of what it is to be an individual while sharing certain values (doesn't have to be religion. These values are important for a basis of commonality that ensure individualism while not sending you on two completely separate paths.
This could tell us...
1. Individualism is important to keep things interesting in a relationship.
2. Shared values or common interest allow couples to share time together while feeding their own individuality.

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Within the podcast , Stephanie and Adam discuss the subject of infidelity and it's use and acceptance within the old ages as an escape route for many individuals due to the fact that people were marrying not for love but for social and business reasons at the time. Stephanie and Adam also discuss the misunderstanding of infidelity as a universal jealously and that when it first arose the worry about infidelity was the production of children and it's effect on inheritance and class. Not woman being jealous of their man sleeping around or the sex as Stephanie puts it . Moreover , what this could tell sociologists is the root or start to infidelity, it's true purpose and it's adaptation within different societies over the years due to the influence of social and personal norms.

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Stephanie and Adam stated that back in the days, marriage, most of the time, was arranged for business and social status purposes. Opposite to today’s marriage, where women are free to choose their partners and fall in love with whoever they want. Parents do not have a big say these days on their children’s choice of their partners in life. This big shift happened because of the evolution in the status of the men and especially women as equal contributors in the marriage. This shows to sociologists that society is in constant change toward giving the women more freedom of choice and more rights.

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Stephanie comments on how socializing with other people is an important renewal in marriage.
This could tell sociologists that spending time with other people aids in fostering of a relationship. Seeing your partner enjoying themselves in a social setting could make them appear more attractive to you. Remind you of a time when they were doing a similar action. Socializing can give the relationship memories and new stories to share which enhances communication.

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In the podcast they talked about how men and women use to have to get married to keep power. Even if they hated each other the male could keep power. This word "love" has changed over time. Then it use to be for business. But still in 1900's it was crazy because parents still thought they could fall in love with someone that is bad. They also were afraid that if people thought marriage was about love then they also had a right to divorce but that was looked down on in the 1900's.

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Carlie Castro         During the podcast an interesting fact I learned from Stephanie and Adam is the way marriage was interpreted. In the early ages they said that marriage was more of a business deal between the two families. It was based off of the parents. But in todays society people are able to chose who they are attracted to and love for their own marriage. Parents no longer set up their daughters with a mate due to the benefits they will have. Today men and women are allowed to chose who they want to marry with out their family. This is only due to women and men both working and making a living to be able to sustain themselves and not rely on their parents. This shows sociologist that money still rules the way relationships are established. 

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Carlie Castro         During the podcast an interesting fact I learned from Stephanie and Adam is the way marriage was interpreted. In the early ages they said that marriage was more of a business deal between the two families. It was based off of the parents. But in todays society people are able to chose who they are attracted to and love for their own marriage. Parents no longer set up their daughters with a mate due to the benefits they will have. Today men and women are allowed to chose who they want to marry with out their family. This is only due to women and men both working and making a living to be able to sustain themselves and not rely on their parents. This shows sociologist that money still rules the way relationships are established. 

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Stephanie and Adam talked about how marriage was a form of alliance rather than love.This caused people to marry as more of a business aspect, these arrangements were made to benefit the families of the individuals. Due to people marrying for societal status and not for love meant that individuals tended to cheat and become a norm. This shows us that society was more accepting to cheating when love was not a component of marriage.

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Stephanie and Adam talk about how marriage was an important political and economic decision that affected everyone in your family. This tells us that marriage and love were two separate things until the American Revolution, "the right to the pursuit of happiness" people understood that and applied it to marriage as well.

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Stephanie talked about how women still want to be the experts when it comes to housework and childcare. This tells us that women still follow norms from the 1900s when it comes to which roles women should have

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In the beginning of the podcast, Stephanie and Adam talk about how romantic love, especially in some Chinese culture, was frowned upon. This could tells us 1) that romantic love isn't universally viewed as a positive thing 2) globally and historically, marriages are not based off love
and 3) some may have saw romantic love as potentially disasterous because it distracted youth from devotion to family and work (the economy).