Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry

 Now, compare your research to Coontz’s criticism: marriage is fundamentally changed or altered from previous historical eras, and this knowledge must be considered when assessing contemporary challenges to marriage arrangements.  Then, assess how “fundamentally changed” (979) epistemologies of “traditional marriage” may illuminate your comparisons. In other words, if marriage has already undergone a fundamental, radical change to emerge in its contemporary form, what other reasons may activists argue that “traditions” need defending, or preserving? Specify the “traditions” invoked or inferred in each of your comparisons.  Finally, how does the contemporary emphasis on “love matches” relate to disputes about same-sex marriage, non-monogamy, child-rearing, family law and family social policy, and polygamy?