Relationships are vital for our enrichment yet, the formation of family, once a longstanding principle of success, has lately been facing challenges that cause the future to look bleak at times. The concept of marriage has gone through some intense changes over the years while cohabitation is on the rise. This book offers insight into what these changes may mean for the future, exploring the idea of family without marriage yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Tabela de Conteúdo
DEDICATION 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
PREFACE 9
INTRODUCTION 11
1 WORKING TOGETHER OR WORKING APART? 19
Love Based Model Marriage 23
Divorce Becoming the Norm 27
The Workforce 29
2 THE NEW BEGINNING 33
3 YOUR WAY, OUR WAY 37
Cookout 39
4 SAKAYA’S STORY 46
What Love Really Looks Like 54
5 WHERE WE ARE 56
The Male Response to Female Freedom 57
Relationship and Marital Equity 60
Regarding the Social Contract 61
Fertility and Hookup Culture 64
6 WHAT HAPPENS NOW? 68
Marriage Moving Forward 69
The Need For Control 70
Mate Access 72
Out-of-Wedlock Births and No More Shotgun 72
Marriage
Social Implications and the Family Moving 74
Forward
CONCLUSION 78
SURVEY QUESTIONS 82
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 85
Endnotes 87
Works Cited 88