Marriage



EXPECTATIONS OF MARRIAGE

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Getting Started

Introduction to the Theme

Sources for Writing about Expectations of Marriage

Questions for Writing About Expectations of Marriage

Getting Started

With a partner or small group, discuss your answers to the questions below.

1. What is the purpose of marriage? Is marriage necessary? Why or why not?

2. If you marry, in what ways do you think your marriage will be similar to your parent’s marriage? In what ways do you think it will be different?

3. Do you think it is necessary for a couple to be in love before they get married? Why or why not? If a married couple no longer loves one another, do you feel they should remain married?

Introduction to the Theme

Expectations about marriage are closely connected to cultural values. Cultural ideas about male and female roles, about individualism and dependence, and about money influence our ideas about what should or shouldn’t happen in a marriage. As cultural values change, our expectations about marriage change as well. The articles in this theme discuss how and why men and women’s ideas about marriage have been changing.

Sources for Writing About Expectations of Marriage

Bhattacharjee, Y. (2004, July 2). The price of family. [electronic version]. Science, 305(5680), 38. Available from EBSCOhost database.

Coltrane, S. (1998, October 2). The father’s role is under negotiation. Chronicle of Higher Education, 45(6), B8.

Foltz-Gray, D. & Herr, L. (2003, October). Breadwinning wives. [electronic version]. Health, 17(8), 103. Available from EBSCOhost database.

Itoi, K. (1999, July 19). I take thee, for weekends only. [electronic version]. The Times (United Kingdom), 134(3), 2. Available from EBSCOhost Newspaper Source.

Khan, A. (2004, Fourth Quarter). Why are married women working more? Some macro economic explanations. Business Review, 16

Jervey, G. (2002, May). She makes more than he does. [electronic version]. Money, 34 (5), 41. Available from EBSCOhost database.

Lang, S. (2000, Winter). Working couples make more time for their families. [electronic version]. Human Ecology, 28(1), 3. Available from EBSCOhost database.

Levine, R. (1993, February). Is love a luxury? [electronic version]. American Demographics, 27. Available from LexisNexis database

Unrealistic family myths. (1997, December). [electronic version]. USA Today Magazine, 126 (2631), 1. Available from EBSCOhost database.

Questions for Writing About Expectations of Marriage

1. How have changes in gender roles influenced expectations of marriage?

2. What are some ways that expectations of marriage have changed in the past 25 years?

3. How do cultural values influence people’s ideas about marriage?

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