Ok.. Here's what I have learnt from the FAMILY SOCIOLOGY LECTURE...
4Factors to MATE SELECTION
- Pure romantic love
- Marriage resources (economic and cultural capital)---> This is the assets in term of financial assets, status, values, tastes and knowledge that we bring to the marriage market to attract mates and compete against rivals.
- Third parties ---> A marriage between people from 2different groups may threaten the internal cohesion of one or both groups. As such, whom we fall in love with and choose to marry is determined partly by the influence of these third parties.
- Demograhic (propinquity)---> Whome we fall in love with and choose to marry is determined partly by the size, geographical disperon and sex ratio of the groups we belong to and the social composition of the local marriage markets we frequent.
Factor 2+3+4 will give us the degree of endogamy (marrying within a group).
As a result of the operation of these three sets of social forces, the process of falling in love and choosing a mate is far from random. Social forces constrain our choices to varying degrees...
Understand what I am writing? You must read the full text to understand. The gist is... it is rare that our choice is governed just by pure romantic love.
Ok. I am just being naggy. Hmm.... Having time alone these days really set me thinking. As the semester draws to a close, I reflected on my past decisions... Every single one of them. Do they actually make sense? I am not sure myself. I think I have changed. Changed to a person whom I dont really understand myself. Hmm.... Its just weird sometimes when you look behind into time, and realise all the folly I have committed.
Anyway.. I emailed DSO.. got a negative reply. Means I cannot do my FYP with them anymore. Trying to locate more Profs now... hopefully something related to sports..... or exercise performance I hope....
I cant concentrate now.
I leave you with a song yet again.. old school... but same effect
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