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Not Just Roommates (Hardcover, New)
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Not Just Roommates (Hardcover, New)
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The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of
personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In
"Not Just Roommates", Elizabeth H. Pleck explores the rise of
cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed
cohabitation to become the chosen lifestyle of more than fifteen
million Americans. Despite this growing social acceptance, Pleck
contends that when it comes to the law, cohabitors have been, and
continue to be, treated as second-class citizens, subjected to
discriminatory laws, limited privacy, a lack of political
representation, and little hope for change. Because cohabitation is
not a sexual identity, Pleck argues, cohabitors face the legal
discrimination of a population with no group identity, no civil
rights movement, no legal defense organizations, and, often, no
consciousness of being discriminated against. Through in-depth
research in written sources and interviews, Pleck shines a light on
the emergence of cohabitation in American culture, its complex
history, and its unpleasant realities in the present day.
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