1st Edition

What Does Your Wife Do? Gender And The Transformation Of Family Life

By Leonard Beeghley Copyright 1996
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

In the past, a woman would routinely be asked what her husband did for a living. Increasingly, a man is likely to be asked what his wife does for a living. It's a small switch, but it signifies a revolution in gender roles and family life. Leonard Beeghley uses historical and international data to explain the dramatic changes in the way women and men organize their lives together.Beeghley looks at... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- Premarital Sexual Intercourse -- Abortion -- Divorce -- Employment and Income -- Conclusion

Biography

Leonard Beeghley