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The text concludes which of the following about the future of marriage?
1. It is quite likely the Religious Right will reestablish the dominance of traditional marriage in the United States.
2. Marriage is changing because the social conditions have changed markedly.
3. Marriage is changing because "family values" are no longer important in society.
4. Marriage is a dying institution.
Which of the following does Coontz identify as an obstacle in the past to the acceptance of the belief that marriage is primarily about personal happiness and self-fulfillment?
1. extended families encouraging couples to conform.
2. unreliable birth control
3. seeing men and women as vastly different
4. all of the above
Schwartz identifies a new type of marriage relationship characterized by equality, equity, and friendship as
1. peer marriage
2. assortive mating
3. feminist marriage
4. passive congenial marriage
What percentage of U.S. households fit the model of the father as the sole breadwinner?
1. 2%
2. 10%
3. 7%
4. 25%
1st state to legalize gay marriage?
1. Conn
2.Mass
3. Maine
4. Vermont
