The author did extensive research of Petersburg local records to obtain a comprehensive study of the female culture during the antebellum years. Lesbock discusses the institution of marriage in great detail. The author found that women married for economic reasons as well as romantic feelings. ... The author's opinion was that men had more trouble with the inevitability of one's death, while women faced death with every pregnancy. ... Lesbock provided a great insight into women's history through careful research of real women's experiences during the eighteenth and n...

• Word Count: 587
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Giving a few strong examples on marriages that worked and didn't the author learns that she has experienced both unsuccessful and successful relationships. ... But in the real world, it is not like that, those types of marriages do not last, yes they are great for the time being but it usually fades and dies along with the relationship. ... Ted Huston's example of Peter and Suzie and how they were intrigued by each other's looks and rushing into a long -term relationship without really getting to know each other and develop a true connection and Huston's example is nearly s...

• Word Count: 574
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There is always the cases of infidelity, spousal abuse and substance abuse, and financial burdens that put great strain on marriages. ... In the article Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households in the Journal of Family Issues, the two authors examine this relationship in further details. ... In the article Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce published in the December of 2002 in Social Forces authors Atone, Kim, Rothert, Schoen and Standish studied the role of women's participation in the labour force and the possible impact t...

• Word Count: 3231
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Eric Klinenburg, a NYU sociologist and author of the book Going Solo, finds that not only are there many more single people than anybody thought (one in two adults lives alone in Manhattan), but that they are thriving. ... Without the pressure to attract a new mate, the authors say, newlyweds can get complacent about their appearance. ... Bella DePaulo, a researcher at the University of California Santa Barbara and author of Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored and Still Live Happily Ever After, "Many single women and men care about their health and their w...

• Word Count: 2121
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Author Carl Lowe writes, "It has now been established that children will imitate behavior they see on television moreover it has also been established that they younger the child, the more likely he or she is to believe the commercials, to confuse them with programming fare" (Lowe, 1981, p. 118). ... Thus, the subject of sex and television and its potential effect on children has been a source of great controversy. ... Author Win sets forth one theory: all the hours that disturbed children spend involved in a television experience dull the boundaries between the real and the unreal (Wi...

• Word Count: 1703
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Deborah Gray White author of Ar"n't I a Women? ... White goes into great detail explaining the relationship between a African American slave mother and her children, "West African women both respected and enjoyed their status as mothers. ...

• Word Count: 1114
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate