According to sociologist Barbara Whitehead, people in the West today expect marriage to fulfill their emotional needs for love and intimacy, and if it ceases to do so, they often seek to leave the marriage, or seek what she has coined ____

a. bilateral divorce
b. implied divorce
c. expressive divorce
d. implicit divorce

Answer: C

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