Marriage Contract

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This paper takes a look at marriage. The paper discusses various opinions regarding marriage, and the acceptable norms of today as apposed to that of the past.

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"All of these attitudes affect the day to day concerns of married couples. The most important issue that younger couples grapple is the financial aspects of the relationship. Living expenses as well as the expense of raising children has increased immensely over the last few generations and it is almost completely expected that the woman will work outside the home even after the couple decide to have children. Because of this expectation of a two-income relationship there is added pressure of having separate vehicles to facilitate the two jobs, childcare concerns, and educational pressures. Both men and women desire advanced educations to secure the most lucrative jobs. If the couple have not already attended college before they were married or before they had children this puts added pressure on the spouse that is not going to be attending school to carry the bulk of the financial load. With these complications in mind it is a valid concern as to whether a second income is actually worth the expense of the extra vehicle, extra education, and the extra money spent on childcare in order for both parents to work."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Whitehead, B,D. & Popenoe, D.P. (1999). "Changes in teen attitudes toward marriage." The National Marriage Project: Next Generation Series.
• Knox, D. (1970b) Conceptions of love at three developmental levels. The Family Coordinator 19, 151-157.
• Craig, L (2006). 'Children and the revolution: A time-diary analysis of the impact of motherhood on daily workload', Journal of Sociology, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 125-143.

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