by John Scanzoni
University of Chicago Press, 1982
Cloth: 978-0-226-73564-1 | Paper: 978-0-226-73565-8
Library of Congress Classification HQ536.S35 1982
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.80973

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Is the institution of marriage in America breaking down? Is marriage as we have known it largely irrelevant? Are the forms of marriage changing? Are the changes in women's roles in society related to the breakdown, irrelevance, and formal alteration of marriage?

In this updated edition of his fundamental study of modern marriage, John Scanzoni challenges the widespread assumption that marriage is a dying institution. By analyzing the "reward seeking" which generates conflicts between males and females, he shows that marriage indeed has a future but that its form will continue to change as sex-role equality emerges both within and outside of marriage.