Marital equality : its relationship to the well-being of husbands and wives
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Marital equality : its relationship to the well-being of husbands and wives
（Sage series on close relationships）
Sage Publications, c1997
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 117-132
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Equality between husbands and wives is recognized - in theory - as being beneficial to the well-being of a family. However, empirical research over the past two decades indicates that the advantage is `his' rather than `hers': the vast majority of married women still bears a disproportionate responsibility for work related to relationships, home and children.
This book examines why, while women's roles have expanded at an astonishing rate, the critical need for a more egalitarian style of relating has not been met. The author maintains that motivation to seek change stems from people perceiving inequality as unfair, and that this perception can be impeded by gender differences in sense of entitlement.
Table of Contents
Introductory Overview
His and Her Marriage
Research from the Seventies
Social Roles and Psychological Well-Being
Paid Employment vs Full-Time Homemaking
The Relationship between Marital Power and Partners' Well-Being
Relationship Equality
What Is It? How Has It Been Measured? Why Does It Matter?
Intimacy, Emotion Work and Husbands' and Wives' Well-Being
His and Her Marriage of the 90s
Why Is Relationship Equality So Difficult To Achieve?
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