Peer Marriage

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Peer Marriage
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Peer marriages differ from traditional marriage
in four key aspects

• Men and women regard the other as a full social
  equal
• Both pursue careers
• Equal authority for finances and decision making
• Husbands assume greater responsibility for child
  rearing than the traditional husband

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Traditional marriage

• Conservatives that support the traditional model
  of marriage argue that role-differentiated
  marriage increases family stability

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Advantages/effects of Peer Marriage

• Two incomes
• More emphasis on emotional happiness of both
  partners
• Men will increasingly seek economic stability in
  a partner (Sugar Daddy becomes Sugar Momma)

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Secret to Peer Marriage

• Joint child rearing is key
• More participation by men equal more attachment
  to children
• Wives are more grateful
• It becomes harder for either partner to leave
• Children benefit from attention from both parents

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Difficulties in establishing a stable peer
marriage

• It is often hard to avoid role differentiation
• Gender based organization of jobs and hierarchies
  in society
• Men need to learn to be more involved in
  parenting
• Women need to be more assertive and demand
  equality earlier in relationships

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For Peer Marriage to become a dominant theme

• Society needs to offer the cultural and
  structural support to permit both men and women
  to contribute equally. This includes media
  portrayal of both sexes as equal providers and
  participants in the family structure.

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Duh!!!!!!/Dah!!!!!!!!

• There is a close connection between marital
  stability and happiness in marriage

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Questions

• 1. How do you think cohabitation affects
  children?
• 2. Many people stay in unhealthy relationships
  for the childrens sake. How do you feel about
  this?
• 3. Do you think cohabitation will ever become a
  substitution to marriage?
• 4. Are there negative effects or aspects of peer
  marriage?
• 5. Is it even possible to have an equal (50/50)
  marriage/relationship?