Abstract

GALVAO, Jussara Abilio; ALENCAR, Heloisa Moulin de  and  ALVES, Ariadne Dettmann. Future perspectives on the loving relationships of women of two different generations. Pensando fam. [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.2, pp. 89-104. ISSN 1679-494X.

We investigate the perspectives of women on the future of loving relationships in general. Thirty married, childless and middle class women, aged 20-30, participated in the study, 15 interviewed by Alencar (1993) and 15 currently interviewed. We asked them how they envisioned the future of loving relationships in general. We gave priority to qualitative data analysis (Delval, 2002). The main results indicated that there will be a diversity of forms of loving relationships such as cohabitation, formal marriage and homosexual unions. There will also be the fragility of the bonds, pointing out the problematic place of the other. The women interviewed in the past emphasized that there will be more freedom and a tendency for equality between the sexes and the ones interviewed now highlighted the persistence in marriage and the absence of formal marriage. This study contributes to the researches and provides theoretical suport for the elaboration of projects on the subject in question.

Keywords : Young women; Loving relationship; Marriage; Love; Family.

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