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Marriage in the 20th Century: A Feminist Perspective
Author(s) -
Rampage Cheryl
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2002.41205.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , feminism , field (mathematics) , power (physics) , sociology , gender studies , civilization , social change , psychology , political science , law , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , pure mathematics
A defining feature of the 20 th century in Western civilization was a profound change in the roles women play in both private and public life. The field of couple therapy was influenced by that change and, to a limited extent, participated in it. I will argue that the field has avoided fully embracing the principles of feminism that generated the social changes in gender and marital roles, settling instead for a more token acknowledgment that gender means something, without wanting to specify what that something is. In responding to the other articles in this issue, I make the case that the connection between gender and power in marriage needs to be more fully integrated, in the theory, research, and treatment of couples.