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Marital equality : its relationship to the well-being of husbands and wives

Title: Marital equality : its relationship to the well-being of husbands and wives / Janice M. Steil.
Author: Steil, Janice M. Ingham, 1941-
Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1997.

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Description

xxii, 145 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"While women's roles have expanded at an astonishing rate and the need for a more egalitarian style of relating seems critical, the vast majority of married women still bear a disproportionate responsibility for the work of relationships, home, and children. Why has there been so little change? Why is equality so difficult to achieve? Women have historically borne the burden of initiating and enforcing change although, ironically, this conflicts with their traditional role as nurturer and tender of relationships. Steil maintains that any motivation to seek change stems from a sense that inequality is unfair - a perception often impeded by gender differences in the sense of entitlement. Change is costly and not without risk. The opportunity, however, to enjoy more intimacy in relationships is the reward and certainly benefits both marriages - "his" and "hers."" "Academics, researchers, and students in the fields of close relationships, social psychology, interpersonal communication, family studies, and sociology will find the cutting-edge presentation of Marital Equality both fascinating and enlightening."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Sage series on close relationships

Uniform Title

Sage series on close relationships

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-132) and indexes.

Contents

His and her marriage: research from the 1970s -- Social roles and psychological well-being: paid employment versus 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?

ISBN

0803952503
9780803952508
0803952511
9780803952515

LCCN

97004797

OCLC

ocm36649387
36649387
SCSB-14693830

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library