Couples That Work
Women at Work
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Marriage and Partnership
There's a really interesting set of ideals that i think get in the way of not only women gaining an equal spot in the work force, but also men and women who increasingly want equality at home. And to explain that, we have to go back a little bit to this ideology that love was a union of opposites. This develops very strongly in the nineteenth century and becomes a way of saying, you know, here marriage is still going to be absolutely central to our society because you need a soul mate. The result is a development of love and an erotiiation of difference that i think has become a real problem for us to day. I tend to be a little more tolerant of even
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