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But much like Weber's notion of traditional authority and
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legal-rational authority, he is also using this to
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understand society-- social solidarities in contemporary life.
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So mechanical solidarity does exist in
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contemporary society as well.
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And he makes this reference to finding a marital partner,
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whom we want to date with,
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and whom we consider to marry.
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And occasionally we are--we try to find somebody who is more
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similar than we are, and people will say,
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"Well you look like"--
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if you are heterosexual--"like