Sexual Bargaining

Download or read book Sexual Bargaining written by John Scanzoni and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1982-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the institution of marriage in America breaking down? Is marriage as we have known it largely irrelevant? Are the forms of marriage changing? Are the changes in women's roles in society related to the breakdown, irrelevance, and formal alteration of marriage? In this updated edition of his fundamental study of modern marriage, John Scanzoni challenges the widespread assumption that marriage is a dying institution. By analyzing the "reward seeking" which generates conflicts between males and females, he shows that marriage indeed has a future but that its form will continue to change as sex-role equality emerges both within and outside of marriage.