HDF 304 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: List Of Bus Routes In Queens, Fair Deal, Gender Role

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It turns out this rate of decline is about the same for people who lived together before they got married, had a child before they got married or who took the more traditional marry-live together-have a child route. Marriage for money and power: for hundreds of years, marriage was largely a financial or political arrangement made by people other than the two individuals getting married. It seemed that the tendency to choose partners who had a different fiscal orientation may be driven by the fact that people disapprove of their own tendencies. Some historians think this sentiment may be outdates as attitudes toward gender and marriage have changes, others thing that the increased status of women can result in backlash against them. Income, power and equity in marriages: although women on average still earn significantly less money than men (approximately.