Table 1 Cause-effect relationship between the intimacy of post modernity or late modernity and some of their related impacts
From: Transformation of intimacy and its impact in developing countries
Intimacy of Post/Late Modernity | Mentionable Impact in Developing Countries |
|---|---|
Confluent Love | • Increasing divorce rate • Increasing premarital relationships • Increasing extra marital relationship • Multiple simultaneous partners |
Pure Relationship | • Increasing divorce rate • Increasing No-fault divorce • Increasing step mother/step father family • Challenges of children’s socialization |
Plastic Sexuality | • Fulfilling physical needs without marriage • Fulfilling physical needs at anywhere, anytime • Multiple simultaneous partners • Postponement of marriage • High risk of spreading HIV/AIDS and other STDs |
Liquid Love | • Tendency of changing partners • Increasing divorce rate • Increasing extra marital relationships • Increasing single parent family |
Normal Chaos of Love | • Increasing divorce rate • Increasing no-fault divorce • Challenges of children’s socialization • Domestic violence |