SOC244H5 Lecture : Chapter 11 reading & lecture note
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Chapter 11: spousal and partner relationships (pages 300 328) As a social category, men are more powerful agents of the construction of reality. Throughout the last half of the 20th century, the relationship between spouses has. 2) become far more diverse than it used to be: First, the explosion of divorce on the familial scene has meant that martial stability can no longer be taken for granted. Couples now enter marriage with a less secure feeling of permanency than was the case in the past, when only death could separate them. Second, the massive entry of women on the labor market has resulted in more complex feminine expectation and often more complex forms of masculine cooperation or resistance in terms of the household division of labor. Couples now have to negotiate who does what at various stages of family development and this situation can result in a tense relationship.
