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Marriages and Families: Reflections of a Gendered Society
Constance L. Shehan, University of Florida
Kenneth W. Kammeyer, The University of Maryland

ISBN-10: 0205139736
ISBN-13: 9780205139736

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 1997
Format: Paper; 484 pp
Published: 10/29/1996
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A comprehensive survey of issues surrounding marriages and families in the 1990s. Text takes a contemporary, gender-sensitive approach and is highly topical in its coverage, while covering the latest research at all times.

Contemporary gender-sensitive approach differentiates this text from its competitors.

Boxed feature “In the News” examines contemporary news events.

Boxed feature, “Families Around the World,” provides a global perspective.

Unique Internet Appendix provides Internet exercises for students to do in order to learn more about the topics covered in each chapter by using the World Wide Web.

Authors are leading scholars in the field of marriage and family studies.

Glossary.

Special sections-"Gender Issues in this chapter increase students' awareness of gender issues surrounding the study of marriages and families.

Additional boxes highlight hot topics throughout.

I.THE FOUNDATIONS OF MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND INTIMACY.

1.Studying Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships.

Is the American Family in Trouble?

Defining Family Today.

In the News Box: Marriage for Gays & Lesbians.

Families and Social Change.

A Reality-Based View of Marriage and Family Life.

The Benefits of a Realistic Approach.

Social Science Research on Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships.

Families Around the World Box: Old World Customs in Contemporary America.

Social Theories.

The Special Importance of Gender.

2.The Continuing Significance of Gender.

Sex, Gender, and Gender Roles.

Gender Stereotypes.

Gender Differences in Cognition and Personality.

Do These Gender Differences Justify the Stereotypes?

Is Biology Destiny?

Families Around the World Box: A Dangerous Ritual.

The Influence of the Social Environment.

Box: Toys and Gender Stereotypes.

The Impact of Gender on Everyday Life.

In the News Box: I'm Not a Feminist, But … .

3.Sexual Behavior and Sexual Relationships.

Sexual Scripts.

Premarital Sex in the United States.

Families Around the World Box: Premarital Sex in Two Contrasting Societies.

In the News Box: True Love Waits.

The Double Standard.

AIDS and Sexual Behavior.

Box: Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Marital Sex in the United States.

Sex Outside of Marriage.

4.Power, Conflict, and Communication.

Power in Intimate Partnerships.

Families Around the World Box: Chinese Matriarchy Thrives, Despite Nation's Male Bias.

Box: Reminders of Patriarchy.

Conflict in Intimate Partnerships.

Box: Rules for Fighting Fair.

Communication in Intimate Partnerships.

Box: How to Be a Good Listener.

Peer Marriage.

In the News Box: Americans Want Their Spouses to be Friend and Lover.

II.BECOMING PARTNERS.

5.Meeting, Dating, and Falling in Love.

Changing Models of Partner Selection.

Box: Dating Etiquette in the 1950's.

Meeting Partners Today.

Families Around the World Box: Courtship in Transylvania and Nepal.

In the News Box: The HIV Dating Game.

Gender Roles and Dating Rituals.

Dating Problems and Perils.

Practical Problems of Dating.

Box: One Student's Experiences with Date and Acquaintance Rape.

Falling in Love.

Box: Einstein in Love.

Breaking Up.

Reasons for Ending a Relationship.

Strategies for Ending a Relationship.

6.Singlehood, Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Relationships.

Marrying and Divorcing Behavior Today.

The Unmarried.

Never Married Adults.

Families Around the World Box: Resistance to Marriage by Women of the Canon Delta.

Cohabiting Heterosexuals.

In the News Box: Domestic Partnerships.

Same-Sex Couples.

7.Marriage.

Marriage and the Legal System.

In The News Box: The Marriage Penalty.

Societal Variations in Marriage.

Families Around the World Box: The Shivaree: Community Control Over Marriage.

Similarities and Differences Between Marriage Mates.

In the News Box: When “Loving” Overcame the Laws Prohibiting Interracial Marriage.

Married Life.

Married-Couple Relationships.

Cultural Types of Marital Relationships.

Individual Marriages Among American Couples.

III.PARENTING.

8.Childbearing.

Childbearing Trends in the United States.

The Decision to Have Children.

Box: Not All Societies Like Children.

Box: The Unwanted Only Child.

Pregnancy and Childbirth Experience.

Families Around the World Box: Gender Preferences and Lost Females.

Voluntarily Childfree Couples and Individuals.

Contraception and Abortion.

Infertility.

Adoption.

In the News Box: Whose Baby Is It?

9.Childrearing.

The History of Childhood.

Families Around the World Box: Children as Workers Today.

Contemporary Child Rearing.

Parent-Child Interaction and Socialization.

Gender and Parenting.

In the News Box: The Rights of Gay and Lesbian Couples to Raise Children.

Child Care Services.

Parents and Adolescent Children.

IV.PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING.

10.Families and Work.

Work and Family Life in History.

Women at Work Today.

Gender Inequities in Employment.

Work and Family Types.

Friction Points Between Work and Family.

In the News Box: Husbands in Limbo: As More Men Become “Trailing Spouses,” Firms Help Them Cope.

Women's Employment and Household Labor.

Families Around the World Box: Even in Sweden, Men Don't Do Their “Fair Share" of the Housework.

Further Effects of Employment on Marriage and Family Life.

Social Policy and the Changing Work-Family Role System.

11.Family Relationships in Middle and Later Life.

When Children Leave Home.

Relations Between Middle-Age Parents and Their Adult Children.

The Middle-aged Couple as a “Generational Bridge.”

Marital Life in Middle and Later Age.

The Elderly and Family Relationships.

In the News Box: Are America's Elderly Being Pampered?

Families Around the World Box: Family Care of the Elderly in Japan.

V.ENCOUNTERING AND RESOLVING PROBLEMS.

12.Violence and Abuse.

Violence, Abuse, and Mistreatment in Families.

Family Violence Across Cultures and Societies.

Family Violence in the United States.

Families Around the World Box: Personal Accounts of Wife Beating.

Child Abuse and Maltreatment.

The Sexual Abuse of Children.

In the News Box: Recovered Memory and Child Sexual Abuse.

Family Violence Between Siblings.

Abuse of Elderly Family Members.

Is Family Violence Declining?

13.Separation and Divorce.

Societal Controls of Ending Marriages.

Families Around the World Box: Divorce Across Cultures: From Impossible to Exceptionally Easy.

Measures of Divorce.

Divorce Rates in the United States.

Factors Associated with Divorce.

The Divorce Experience.

The Effects of Divorce on Children.

Child Custody.

In the News Box: Legislative Debates About Joint Custody.

14.Life After Divorce.

The Aftermath of Divorce.

Families Around the World Box: The Aftermath of Divorce in India.

In the News Box: The King of Deadbeat Dads.

New Relationships and Remarriage.

15.Responses to Family Problems: Family Policy and Professional Counseling.

Family Policies.

Families Around the World Box: The United Nations Addresses the Needs of the World's Families.

Family Policy Issues and Controversies.

Marriage and Family Counseling.

In the News Box: When Counseling Fails.

The Profession of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Box: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Code of Ethics.

Appendix A. Your Body.

Appendix B. Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Appendix C. Contraception.

Appendix D. If Contraception Fails.

Appendix E. Premarital Agreement.

Appendix F. Resources and Organizations.

Appendix G. Internet Exercises.

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