What Does Your Wife Do?: Gender And The Transformation Of Family Life

by Leonard Beeghley

Overview

Leonard Beeghley uses historical and international data to develop explanations for changes in the way women and men organize their lives together. He discusses how gender relations and family life affect and are affected by changes in premarital sex, abortion, divorce, and employment and income.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367313937
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Leonard Beeghley is professor of sociology at the University of Florida at Gainesville.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Premarital Sexual Intercourse, Abortion, Divorce, Employment and Income, Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Beeghley (sociology, U. of Florida) looks at four issues--premarital sex, abortion, divorce, and employment and income--and discusses how gender relations and family life affect and are affected by changes in each. Distinguishing between individual and structural levels of explanation, he shows how personal characteristics and experiences influence individuals' decisions and how larger changes in social organization--industrialization, urbanization, participation of women in the labor force, decreasing fertility rates, and the rise of feminism--have altered the range of available choices. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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