The Future of Marriage

by Jessie Bernard

Book Overview

When The Future of Marriage was first published it was immediately acclaimed as a classic contribution to the literature of marriage and of sex roles. In it, the eminent sociologist Jessie Bernard argued that in ever marriage there are actually two marriages--his and hers--and that sociological data reveals that marriage is more beneficial for men than for women. The institution of marriage will survive, asserted Bernard, but only to the extent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300028539
• ISBN13: 9780300028539
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"