1. Types of Marriage in the U.S.

2. TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
Husband works, wife stays at home & never works (“breadwinner” vs. “homemaker”)
Patriarchal – husband is head of household
Wife is in charge of household duties and raising children
Leisure time is spent apart – he golfs while she is in a book club
Valued pre-Women’s Rights Movement

3. TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE Leave it to Beaver – 1950s & 1960s
Boy Meets World – 1990s

4. MODERN MARRIAGE Husband works, wife also works to help out
Wife will quit job to raise family and may go back when kids are old enough
Or may choose to never have kids
Value leisure time together
Value each other’s companionship

5. MODERN MARRIAGE
Everybody Loves Raymond – 1990s
Modern Family – 2010s

6. EGALITARIAN MARRIAGE
Equal power and authority between husband and wife
Household duties are determined by interest and ability (not gender roles)
Spouses are well-educated
Delay childrearing until stable financially
Children also share in decision-making
Leisure time – the partner is irreplaceable

7. EGALITARIAN MARRIAGE
Growing Pains – 1980s-1990s
Cosby Show – 1980s