Most observers agree that marriage in America has been changing.
Some think it is in decline, that the growth of individualism has
made it increasingly difficult to achieve satisfying and stable
relationships. Others believe that changes, such as increasing
gender equality, have made marriage a better arrangement for men as
well as women.
Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years
apart, this book takes a middle view, showing that while the
divorce rate has leveled off, spouses are spending less time
together--people may be "bowling alone" these days, but married
couples are also eating alone. Indeed, the declining social capital
of married couples--including the fact that couples have fewer
shared friends--combined with the general erosion of community ties
in American society has had pervasive, negative effects on marital
quality.
At the same time, family income has increased, decision-making
equality between husbands and wives is greater, marital conflict
and violence have declined, and the norm of lifelong marriage
enjoys greater support than ever.
The authors conclude that marriage is an adaptable institution,
and in accommodating the vast changes that have occurred in society
over the recent past, it has become a less cohesive, yet less
confining arrangement.
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