Marriage

Bibliographic Data

ID7077656
AuthorsJohn Scanzoni (University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages1-4
Publication date2018-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm031.pub2
OpenAlexW4232386409
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited4

Updating Engels, the historical development of marriage is analyzed from pre‐patriarchy through patriarchy to the contemporary struggle between patriarchy and Enlightenment advocates. Advocates consist predominately of advantaged (well‐educated, upper‐middle‐class) persons (straight/gay) crafting egalitarian relationships (legal/nonlegal) blending sexual with emotional gratifications while optimizing access to production for both genders and facilitating control over reproduction – especially by women. “Women's‐right” in production implies that a girl/woman from all socioeconomic backgrounds/races/ethnicities would participate in educational/occupational experiences empowering her to become an economically autonomous woman – able to provide her material needs and those of any dependents. “Women's‐right” in reproduction implies women exercising ultimate control over its three facets – sexual enjoyment, contraception, and abortion/childbearing. Bringing less advantaged persons into this orbit implies empowering them to meet the stringent educational and occupational demands of the postindustrial era, as well as encouraging them to embrace both aspects of “women's‐right” based on the premise that doing so would help meet those stringent demands

Empowerment · Enlightenment · Ethnic group · Patriarchy · Political science · Premise · Reproduction · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Psychology

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