The Legalization of the Relations in the Family: an Analysis of the Phenomenon Considering the Perspective of Risk

In contemporary times, the predictability and security of social relations, as established and verified by modern values, gave way to uncertainty and the inherent risks of change. Insecurity, while a contemporary phenomenon produced by technological advance, radiates its effects to all dimensions of human life, notably the physical, psychological and social. This process is the pinnacle of risk perception and forms the fundamental axis of the social sciences’ analysis. The way an individual thinks and forms himself gave way to numerous advances and possibilities for the reconfiguration of social institutions. Notwithstanding, with the formal and informal relationships of everyday life and the publicization of intimacy, individuals battle between the security of the past and the possibilities of the future.