Author Question: According to historian Stephanie Coontz in her book, Marriage: A History, the change from _____ to ... (Read 53 times)

piesebel · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

According to historian Stephanie Coontz in her book, Marriage: A History, the change from _____ to _____ is what made marriages today more fragile than those of the past.

a. women working only in the home; women working primarily outside the home
b. marriage as an economic and political insitution; a voluntary love relationship
c. men's self-image as breadwinner; men's self-image as player
d. polygamy; monogamy

Question 2

Many people think of families in the past as better adjusted, more stable, and happier than today. Researchers have found that

a. there was never a golden age of the family.
b. the true golden age of the family predates anyone alive today.
c. this was true for the 1950s but not for the 1850s.
d. families are happier and more stable now that at any time in the past.

31809pancho · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: b. marriage as an economic and political insitution; a voluntary love relationship

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. there was never a golden age of the family.