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Stephanie Coontz: On Marriage

6/30/2013

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PictureMore emotional satisfaction brings less institutional stability.
Tags: emotion/desire, marriage/family, divorce, love, marital satisfaction, 11 to 20 mins
Year: 2010
Length: 19:11
Access: YouTube

Summary: When teaching about social institutions, sociology instructors often aim to illustrate the ways in which, paradoxically, institutions are both rigid and changing over time. This includes the institution of marriage. The recent Supreme Court decision to federally recognize same-sex marriage offers a very clear, timely, and high-profile example of the changing nature of the institution. Students might not, however, see as readily the ways in which heterosexual marriages have also changed dramatically over time. In this video, Stephanie Coontz, professor of history and family studies, illustrates how marrying for love is a radical and very modern idea, first appearing in the late 18th century. Coontz points to two paradoxes that emerged once love played a role in marriage; both have to do with the stability of the institution. First, she shows that the very things that have made marriage as a love relationship more rewarding, have made marriage as an institution less stable. Today, marriage has the opportunity to be more loving than ever, but if it doesn't work out that way, it seems less tolerable. Second, the strongest emotions are not necessarily the ones that sustain the most satisfying relationships. She goes on to discuss research on marriage stability and marriage satisfaction. While this video, as well as the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage, highlight the changing nature of the institution, viewers can be encouraged to think about the ways in which the institution of marriage remains quite rigid. How does this rigidity continue to structure behavior? Further, viewers can be encouraged to think about how increased emotional satisfaction in marriage has come at the expense of institutional stability. What are the societal costs and benefits of such an arrangement? This lecture is pulled from the arguments Coontz (2005) makes in her book, Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage.

Submitted By: Valerie Chepp

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Jewish Man link
5/17/2018 12:24:18 am

As a hasidic jew, I (and Yahweh) disapprove of this woman instructing these "POPTECH" people of how marriage should be improved, and even suggesting that the devil's children (gay and lesbians) have the right to the same marriage as the rest of us faithful Jews. I didn't have the tip of my penis cut off so you WOMEN could make up some bullshit about the man needing to do housework for their sexual satisfaction. Has women's sexual satisfaction ever produced children?

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MKDMSK
11/24/2020 12:21:26 am

Shut up.

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MKDMSK
6/30/2021 08:28:29 pm

Quiet.

Sophie
10/7/2022 04:00:26 pm

Shut the hell up, women do not owe you dirty males anything. You're probably worth NOTHING and you deserve NOTHING so stfu misogynist

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Mildred link
10/5/2021 02:51:02 am

Good article!

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