Problem
Subject: Sociology
Book / Reference: Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage. By: Stephanie Coontz
Chapters: 14-17
1) Discuss three examples from chapter 14 that illustrate that the 1950s era marriage and family was not "perfect" system that people today often think it was.
2) Discuss three examples of the transformation of marriage at the end of the twentieth century covered in the chapter.
3) In this Chapter, Coontz discusses some of the "common sense" ideas about the trends in marriage today and the misperceptions that are common about the changes in marriage. Discuss three examples from the chapter.
4) Now that you have completed the entire book, why is the sociological view of marriage and family important? Why is it important to look at the social forces (economy, politics, history, etc.) on marriage? What insight does this view of marriage that the psychological/moral/individual view does not?