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Lesson Ten: Issues and Trends Key Question Fourteen (b) : Cohabitation In today's society marriage is no longer considered to be a life binding commitment to one person; as a result, there are surprisingly high divorce rates. One in every five people get divorced at least once in their lifetime. Therefore many couples are opting to cohabitate before deciding on marriage. Cohabitation can be defined as an intimate relationship in which a male and female live together as husband and wife without legally marrying. In order for cohabitation to be successful, each individual must form an identity of their own first. According to Erik Erikson's Eight Stages of Life, one must have a clear sense of who they are before they are able to share themselves with another individual. Erikson argues that without a true identity formed relationships would be shallow. It has been discovered that youth are entering more serious relationships at younger...

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