Feminists and the Ideology and Practice of Marital Equality

Blaisure, Karen R.; Allen, Katherine R.

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“…Beginning in the late 1980s and early 1990s, studies began documenting the existence of couples with congruent ideology and practice of marital equality (Altrocchi & Crosby, 1989;Blaisure & Allen, 1995;Hochschild, 1989;Rabin, 1996;Risman & Johnson-Sumerford, i998;Schwartz, 7994;Vannoy-Hiller & Philliber, 1989). These studies have documented the benefits of equality-based relationships, namely the benehts of "divorce-proofing" marriages and ensuring deeply satisfying, intimate, couple relationships (Knudson-Martin & Mahoney, 1 998).…”

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“…In a study of 10 couples who identihed as feminists (Blaisure & Allen, 1995), partners described their relationships as "expanding," and their partners as "a soul mate," and "a friend." A belief in equality guided their construction of satisfying marriages that they considered superior to traditional ones.…”

Section: Divorce-proofingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“….A BEST FRIEND'' Many studies are revealing couples' desire for relationship equali (Blaisure & Allen, 1995: Hochschild, 1989Knudson-Marrin & Mahonev. 199 Risman & Johnson-Sumerford, 1998;Schwartz, rgg4).Individuals often ex the goal to marry "a best friend" (Markman, stanley & Blumberg, i9 Notarius & Markman , 1993).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, a genderperspective compels a -deeper look into the processes through which couples make the decisions that result in women's economic marginalization and women's 'second shif in the household" (Zvonkovic, Greaves, Schmiege, & Hall, 1996, p.91). Feminist and gender perspectives on relationships reveal how partners are increasingly called upon to have the interpersonal skills and emotional availabiiity necessary to deveiop and maintain emotional closeness and to monitor and adjust their own relationship contributions for the benefit of both partncrs (Blaisure & Allen, 1995;Vannoy,1991).…”

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Incorporating a Discussion of Equality In Couple Education Programs

Blaisure¹,

Koivunen²

2000

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Many couples face changing gender roles, balancing paid work and family lift, and conflict over decision making. This paper reviews research on relationship equality that family lift educators can incorporite into existing couples education programs. Informed by feminist and gender perspectives, five aspects of equality are highlighted: consequences of inequality, benefits of equality, definitions of equality, models of equality-based relationships, and steps in developing equality. Recommendations about group facilitation, an outline of the content, and couple and group activities are provided.Clinical and empirical data document the struggles around fairness, and equity couples in heterosexual relationships encounter (Hare-Mustin, 1991: Hochschild, 1989vannoy-Hiller & Philliber, 1989). Based on her research and observation of clients in three countries, Rabin ( 1996) states that the majoriff of heterosexual couples in the western world are experiencing the frustration, complexity, and confusion resulting from a contradictory blend of gendered role expectations and egalitarianism. She argues "that women's anger and disillusionment is the major universal dyramic underlying marital distress. women's continued attempts to make things right, their frustration at their partners' avoidance of conflicts and their increasing sense of having other options to marriage is the major predicament brought to relationship therapy" (p. 15). If a goal of premarital and couple'education is to provide couples with the perspectives and skills necessary to thrive in their relationships and avoid needing therapy to rescue their relationships, then educators are called on to address issues of gender and power (Horst & Doherty, 1995).

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“…Many theories have attended to couple communication (e.g. Baxter, 1988;Blaisure & Allen, 1995;Bochner,appear before or with the jealousy; the underlying disorder coexist with the jealousy; the course of morbid jealousy closely relates to that of the underlying disorder; and the jealousy has no root in reality (Mullen, 1990). (It may be helpful to give examples of each-this is excellent examples!)…”

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A Deep Look into Interactional Pathology among Couples with Morbidly Jealous Male Partners: A Phenomenological Study

Soltani¹,

Fatehizadeh²,

Ahmadi³

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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain a deeper understanding of interactional pathology among couples with the morbidly jealous male partners by examining the lived experiences of 5 female partners. The study attempted to answer the main research question which was, "How do women experience their communication with their morbidly jealous husbands?" along with some sub questions in different dimensions of marital life. The major data collection tool consisted of semi-structured interviews (Seidman, 2013). Forty to sixty-minute interviews were conducted with each participant. Data analysis included a three-phase process: description, reduction, and interpretation. The latter was completed using the qualitative content analysis by Colaizzi (Colaizzi, 1973). Four categories of lived experiences indicating interactional difficulty among the couples were obtained from the data analysis. These interactional damageswere evident in the experiences of all the women interviewed and consisted of themes related to boundaries, control, intimacy and 'meta-damages'. The results of the study revealed that the damages begin with those related to boundaries, develop to control and intimacy rooted in meta-damages and finally terminate marital relationships.

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Feminists and the Ideology and Practice of Marital Equality

Cited by 97 publications

References 19 publications

Incorporating a Discussion of Equality In Couple Education Programs

Incorporating a Discussion of Equality In Couple Education Programs

A Deep Look into Interactional Pathology among Couples with Morbidly Jealous Male Partners: A Phenomenological Study

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