WGST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex Segregation, Class Discrimination, Tokenism
24 Feb 2017
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According to some research, married couples are actually more socially isolated than their single counterparts. They have weaker friendship networks and fewer social ties. Before world war ii, most americans live not in nuclear families, but in extended families. According to gerson, women tend to look toward autonomy as a way to avoid economic and social dependence. According to gerson, men"s identity has long been centered on work, not family. Physicians maintained their commitment to vaginal orgasms as most healthy for women through the 1960s. According to gerson, since the rise of industrialism, women have had the moral responsibility of seeking personal development by caring for others. The shift toward understanding marriage as about love came during the 1800s. Key to women"s heterosexual sexual health, marital stability, and community security was the healthy female orgasm. Nearly 1/3rd of men (but far fewer women) express a preference for traditional marriage.
