Marriages, Families, and Relationships : Making Choices in a Diverse Society

by Lamanna & Riedmann

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9780534618599

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5/17/2010 11:08:00 AM

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The number one seller in the market, this mainstream marriage and family text combines a balanced scholarly and applied approach with a unique theme, "making choices in a diverse society" The text achieves an excellent balance between the sociological and ecological or family systems theoretical perspectives, while including coverage of family dynamics and interpersonal relationships. Lamanna and Riedmann's coverage offers insightful perspectives on diversity, including different ethnic traditions and marriage and family alternatives.

Preface

xxiii

PART I A New Look at Familiar Worlds

Family Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing Society

(22)

Defining Family

(1)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Which of These Is a Family?

(3)

There Is No Typical Family

(1)

New Definitions of the Family

(2)

Facts About Families American Families Today

(3)

The Freedom and Pressures of Choosing

(3)

Personal Troubles and Societal Influences

(1)

Issues for Thought Pets as Family?

(1)

Social Influences and Personal Choices

(1)

Making Choices

(2)

Choosing by Default

(1)

Choosing Knowledgeably

(1)

A Family of Individuals

(4)

Families as a Place to Belong

(1)

Family Rhythms of Separateness and Togetherness

(1)

``Family Decline'' or ``Family Change''?

(2)

Individualism, Familism, and Partners

(1)

Marriages and Families: Four Themes

(4)

American Families in Social Context

(30)

Historical Events

(1)

Age Structure

(1)

Race and Ethnicity

(5)

African American Families

(3)

Latino (Hispanic) Families

(1)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Family Ties and Immigration

(7)

Asian and Pacific Islander Families

(1)

American Indian (Native American) Families

(2)

White Families

(1)

Multicultural Families

(1)

Other Social Characteristics

(4)

Religion

(3)

Region

(1)

Facts About Families The Geography of Families

(2)

The Economy and Social Class

(2)

Economic Change and Inequality

(2)

Blue-Collar and White-Collar Families

(1)

Technology and the Family

(7)

Communication Technology

(2)

Electronic Surveillance

(1)

Biomedical Technology

(1)

Technology: Pros, Cons, and Change

(4)

Exploring the Family

(26)

Theoretical Perspectives on the Family

(4)

The Family Ecology Perspective

(4)

Issues for Thought Safety and Risk in the Family Environment

(11)

The Family Development Perspective

(2)

The Structure-Functional Perspective

(3)

The Interactionist Perspective

(1)

Exchange Theory

(1)

Family Systems Theory

(1)

Feminist Perspectives

(1)

Biosocial Perspectives

(1)

Studying Families

(2)

The Blinders of Personal Experience

(1)

Scientific Investigation: Removing Blinders

(1)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Studying Ethnic Minority Families

(8)

The Application of Scientific Techniques

(4)

PART II Individuals and Relationships

Our Gendered Identities

(32)

Gendered Identities

(2)

Gender Expectations

(1)

Cultural Messages

(1)

Issues for Thought Challenges to Gender Boundaries

(5)

To What Extent Do Women and Men Follow Cultural Expectations?

(1)

Male Dominance

(2)

Is Anatomy Destiny?

(5)

Biologically Based Arguments

(2)

Society-Based Arguments

(2)

The Interaction of Culture and Biology

(1)

Gender and Socialization

(2)

The Power of Cultural Images

(1)

Theories of Socialization

(1)

Focus on Children Girls and Boys in the Family

(1)

Focus on Children Play and Games

(1)

Focus on Children Socialization in Schools

(2)

Focus on Children What About Boys?

(2)

Gender in Adult Lives

100

(11)

Gender and Stress

100

(1)

Gender and Personal Change

100

(2)

Options and the Women's Movement

102

(2)

The Men's Movement

104

(1)

Ambivalence, Confusion---and Hope

105

(6)

Loving Ourselves and Others

111

(22)

Personal Ties in an Impersonal Society

112

(1)

What is Love?

112

(6)

Love is a Deep and Vital Emotion

112

(1)

Love Satisfies Legitimate Personal Needs

113

(1)

Love Involves Caring and Acceptance

114

(1)

Do Men and Women Care Differently?

115

(1)

Love and Intimacy: Commitment to Sharing

115

(2)

Six Love Styles

117

(1)

Case Study Sharon and Gary: Discovering Love After Twenty-Five Years

118

(3)

Two Things Love Isn't

121

(1)

Martyring

121

(1)

Manipulating

122

(1)

Self Worth as a Prerequisite to Loving

122

(2)

Self-Love Versus Narcicissm

123

(1)

Self-Esteem and Personal Relationships

123

(1)

Emotional Interdependence

123

(1)

As We Make Choices Learning to Love Yourself More

124

(2)

Love as a Discovery

126

(7)

The Wheel of Love

126

(1)

Keeping Love

127

(6)

Our Sexual Selves

133

(34)

Sexual Development and Orientation

134

(2)

Children's Sexual Development

134

(1)

Sexual Orientation

135

(1)

Theoretical Perspectives on Human Sexuality

136

(8)

The Exchange Perspective: Rewards, Costs, and Equality in Sexual Relationships

137

(1)

The Interactionist Perspective: Negotiating Cultural Messages

137

(1)

Changing Cultural Scripts

138

(6)

Negotiating (Hetero)sexual Expression

144

(3)

Four Standards of Nonmarital Sex

145

(2)

Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Expression

147

(1)

Sexuality Throughout Marriage

147

(5)

How Do We Know What We Do? A Look at Sex Surveys

148

(1)

How Often?

148

(1)

Young Spouses

149

(1)

Spouses in Middle Age

150

(1)

Older Partners

151

(1)

What About Boredom?

152

(1)

Sexual Satisfaction in Marriage and Other Partnerships

152

(1)

Sex as a Pleasure Bond

152

(3)

Sexual Pleasure and Self-Esteem

153

(1)

Sexual Pleasure and Gender

153

(1)

Communication and Cooperation

153

(1)

Some Principles for Sexual Sharing

154

(1)

Making the Time for Intimacy

155

(1)

Sexual Expression, Family Relations, and HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

155

(2)

HIV/AIDS and Heterosexuals

156

(1)

HIV/AIDS and Gay Men

156

(1)

HIV/AIDS Means New Family Crises

156

(1)

HIV/AIDS and Children

157

(1)

Platform and Pulpit

157

(1)

Facts About Families Who Has HIV/AIDS

158

(4)

Politics and Research

160

(1)

Politics and Sex Education

160

(2)

Sexual Responsibility

162

(5)

PART III Defining Your Marriage and Family

Choosing a Marriage Partner

167

(36)

Love---and Marriage?

168

(4)

Arranged Marriages

168

(4)

Case Study An East Indian--American Student's Essay on Arranged Marriages

172

(2)

``Love'' Marriages

172

(2)

The Marriage Market

174

(3)

Exchange Theory

174

(1)

The Traditional Exchange

174

(1)

Bargaining in a Changing Society

175

(2)

Homogamy: Narrowing the Pool of Eligibles

177

(9)

Reasons for Homogamy

177

(3)

Examples of Heterogamy

180

(5)

Heterogamy and Marital Stability

185

(1)

Heterogamy and Human Values

185

(1)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Strategies for Dealing with Others' Disapproval When You're in an Interracial Relationship

186

(1)

Courtship in a Free-Choice Society

186

(11)

Developing the Relationship

186

(3)

Attachment Theory

189

(1)

Getting to Know Someone and Gaining Commitment

190

(1)

Cohabitation and Marriage

191

(2)

Courtship Violence

193

(2)

Breaking Up

195

(2)

Mate Selection and Marital Stability

197

(6)

Age at Marriage and Marital Stability

197

(1)

The Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce Risk

198

(1)

Minimizing Mate Selection Risk

199

(4)

Marriage, a Private and Public Relationship

203

(32)

The Marriage Premise: Permanance and Sexual Exclusivity

204

(4)

Expectations of Permanence

205

(3)

Expectations of Sexual Exclusivity

208

(1)

Marriage and Kinship

208

(2)

Issues for Thought Subcultures with Norms Contrary to Sexual Exclusivity

210

(2)

Social Change: From Marriage As Institution to Pluralistic Families

212

(2)

Marriage As a Social Institution

212

(1)

The Psychological Marriage

212

(1)

The Pluralistic Family

213

(1)

As We Make Choices Getting Married---and Changing Your Name?

214

(1)

Same-Sex Couples and Legal Marriage

214

(6)

A Legal Maze

216

(2)

The Debate over Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

218

(2)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Civil Marriage Disobedience

220

(3)

Public Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage

222

(1)

Marital Satisfaction and Choices Throughout Life

223

(7)

Preparation for Marriage

224

(1)

The First Years of Marriage

224

(1)

Creating Couple Connection

225

(1)

Making Choices about Sexual Exclusivity

226

(4)

Creating Adaptable Marriage Relationships

230

(5)

Some Things to Talk About

231

(4)

Alternatives to Marriage: Living Alone, Cohabitation, Domestic Partnerships, and Other Options

235

(30)

The Unmarried: Reasons for Their Increasing Numbers

236

(2)

The Sex Ratio

237

(1)

Facts About Families The Large and Increasing Numbers of Unmarrieds

238

(6)

Changing Attitudes Toward Marriage and Singlehood

240

(2)

African American Singles

242

(2)

Income and Singlehood

244

(1)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity The Meaning of Cohabitation Among Diverse Racial/Ethnic Groups

245

(1)

The Various Living Arrangements of Nonmarrieds

246

(7)

Living Alone

246

(1)

Living with Parents

247

(1)

Group or Communal Living

248

(1)

Gay and Lesbian Partners

249

(2)

Cohabitation

251

(2)

As We Make Choices Some Advice on the Legal Side of Living Together

253

(5)

Domestic Partners

257

(1)

Singlehood and Life Satisfaction

258

(7)

Choice and Singlehood

259

(1)

Maintaining Supportive Social Networks

259

(6)

To Parent or Not to Parent

265

(36)

Fertility Trends in the United States

267

(2)

Family Size

267

(1)

Differential Fertility Rates

268

(1)

Multiple Births

269

(1)

The Decision to Parent or Not to Parent

269

(1)

Social Pressures to Have Children

269

(1)

Facts About Families Race/Ethnicity and Differential Fertility Rates

270

(2)

Is American Society Antinatalist?

271

(1)

Focus on Children Motivation for Parenthood

272

(4)

Costs of Having Children

274

(1)

How Children Affect Marital Happiness

274

(1)

Remaining Child-Free

275

(1)

Having Children: Options and Circumstances

276

(8)

The Timing of Parenthood

276

(2)

The One-Child Family

278

(2)

Pregnancy Outside Marriage

280

(3)

Stepparents' Decisions About Having Children

283

(1)

Preventing Pregnancy

284

(1)

Abortion

284

(3)

The Safety of Abortions

285

(1)

The Politics of Abortion

286

(1)

Social Attitudes About Abortion

286

(1)

The Emotional and Psychological Impact of Abortion

287

(1)

Involuntary Infertility and Reproductive Technology

287

(3)

The Social and Biological Context of Infertility

287

(3)

Issues for Thought Meddling with Nature

290

(2)

Reproductive Technology: Social and Ethical Issues

290

(2)

Reproductive Technology: Making Personal Choices

292

(1)

Adoption

292

(1)

Facts About Families ``Test-Tube'' Babies Crow Up

293

(8)

The Adoption Process

294

(1)

Adoption of Racial/Ethnic Minority Children

294

(1)

Adoption of Older Children and Disabled Children

295

(1)

International Adoptions

296

(5)

Raising Children in a Diverse and Multicultural Society

301

(36)

Parents in Modern America

302

(4)

Transition to Parenthood

304

(2)

Mothers and Fathers: Images and Reality

306

(1)

Old and New Images of Parents

306

(1)

Facts About Families Fathers As Primary Parents

307

(2)

Mothers and Fathers: What Do They Do?

307

(1)

Sharing Parenthood

308

(1)

Case Study A Full-Time Father's Story

309

(1)

Authoritative Parenting

310

(2)

As We Make Choices Communicating with Children---How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk

312

(4)

Is Spanking Ever Appropriate?

312

(3)

The Resilient Child

315

(1)

Social Class and Parenting

316

(5)

The Family in an Unpredictable Economy

316

(1)

Poverty-Level Parents

316

(3)

Blue-Collar, or Working-Class, Parents

319

(1)

Middle- and Upper-Middle-Class Parents

319

(2)

Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Parenting

321

(5)

African American Parents and Children

321

(1)

Native American Parents and Children

322

(1)

Hispanic Parents and Children

322

(1)

Asian American Parents and Children

323

(1)

Parents and Multiracial Children

323

(1)

Religious Minority Parents and Children

324

(1)

Raising Children of Racial/Ethnic Identity in a Racist and Discriminatory Society

325

(1)

Newly Visible Parenting Environments

326

(2)

Gay Male and Lesbian Parents

327

(1)

Issues for Thought Growing Up in a Household Characterized by Conflict

328

(3)

Grandparents as Parents

329

(1)

Foster Parents

330

(1)

Parents and Adult Children

331

(2)

Parents with Young Adult Children

331

(1)

Independent Adults and Their Parents

332

(1)

Toward Better Parent--Child Relationships

333

(4)

PART IV Experiencing Family Commitment

Work and Family

337

(44)

The Labor Force---A Social Invention

338

(1)

The Labor Force in Postindustrial Society

338

(1)

The Traditional Model: Provider Husbands and Homemaking Wives

339

(5)

Men and the Provider Role

339

(3)

Women as Full-Time Homemakers

342

(2)

Women in the Labor Force

344

(4)

Women's Market Work

345

(1)

The Wage Gap

346

(2)

Two-Earner Marriages---Work/Family Options

348

(4)

Two-Career Marriages

348

(1)

Part-Time Employment

349

(1)

Shift Work

349

(1)

Home-Based Work

349

(1)

Leaving the Labor Force and Reentry

350

(2)

Unpaid Family Work

352

(5)

Caring for Dependent Family Members

352

(1)

Housework

352

(5)

Juggling Unemployment and Unpaid Family Work

357

(1)

The Speed-Up of Family Life

357

(1)

Focus on Children How are Children Faring?

358

(1)

Facts About Families Where Does The Time Go?

359

(5)

How are Parents Faring?

360

(2)

Two-Career Marriages---Juggling Even Faster

362

(2)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Diversity and Child Care

364

(2)

Social Policy, Work, and Family

366

(2)

What Is Needed to Resolve Work--Family Issues?

366

(2)

As We Make Choices Child Care and Children's Outcomes

368

(4)

Who Will Provide What Is Needed to Resolve Work--Family Issues?

371

(1)

As We Make Choices Selecting a Child-Care Facility

372

(2)

The Two-Earner Marriage and the Relationship

374

(7)

Gender Strategies

375

(1)

Maintaining Intimacy While Negotiating Provider Roles and the Second Shift

376

(5)

Communication and Managing Conflict in Marriages and Families

381

(24)

Family Cohesion

382

(4)

Let Your Partner Know You're Listening

384

(1)

Communication and Couple Satisfaction

385

(1)

Conflict and Love

386

(2)

Denying Conflict: Some Results

387

(1)

As We Make Choices Ten Rules for a Successful Relationship

388

(1)

Supportive Couple Communication and Conflict Management

389

(6)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

389

(1)

What Is Supportive Communication?

390

(1)

Gender Differences in Couple Communication

390

(3)

Avoiding the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

393

(2)

Bonding Fights---Nine Guidelines

395

(4)

Guideline 1: Level with Each Other

395

(1)

Guideline 2: To Avoid Attacks, Use I-Statements When You Can

396

(1)

Guideline 3: Avoid Mixed, or Double, Messages

396

(1)

Guideline 4: Choose the Time and Place Carefully

397

(1)

Guideline 5: Focus Anger Only on Specific Issues

397

(1)

Guideline 6: Ask for a Specific Change, but Be Open to Compromise

397

(1)

Guideline 7: Be Willing to Change Yourself

398

(1)

Guideline 8: Don't Try to Win

398

(1)

Guideline 9: Remember to End the Argument

398

(1)

Changing Conflict-Management Habits

399

(1)

Generational Change

399

(1)

Couple Change

399

(1)

The Myth of Conflict-Free Conflict

400

(1)

Case Study Making a Marriage Encounter Weekend

401

(4)

Power and Violence in Marriages and Families

405

(42)

What Is Power?

406

(1)

What Does Marital Power Involve?

406

(1)

Power Bases

407

(1)

The Dynamics of Marital Power

407

(7)

Classical Perspectives on Marital Power

407

(5)

Social Class, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, and Marital Power

412

(1)

The Future of Marital Power

413

(1)

Some American Couples

414

(2)

Four Types of Couples Compared

414

(2)

Peer Marriage

416

(1)

Power Politics Versus No-Power Relationships

416

(3)

Power Politics in Marriage

417

(1)

Alternatives to Power Politics

418

(1)

As We Make Choices Disengaging from Power Struggles

419

(1)

Case Study An Ice-Skating Homemaker in a Me-or-Him Bind

420

(2)

The Role That Marriage Counselors Can Play

421

(1)

Family Violence

422

(16)

Major Sources of Data on Family Violence

422

(4)

Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Immigration, and Family Violence

426

(2)

Wife and Female Partner Abuse

428

(4)

Husband and Male Partner Abuse

432

(3)

Abuse Among Lesbian, Gay Male, and Bisexual Couples

435

(1)

Stopping Relationship Violence

436

(2)

Focus on Children Child Abuse and Neglect

438

(9)

Elder Abuse and Neglect

442

(5)

PART V Family Change, Crises, and Resilience

Family Stress, Crises and Resilience

447

(26)

Theoretical Perspectives on Family Stress and Crises

449

(1)

Issues for Thought Sudden Health: The Experience of Families with a Member Who Has Surgery to Correct Epilepsy

450

(1)

What Precipitates a Family Crisis?

450

(5)

Types of Stressors

450

(5)

Facts About Families Some Examples of Everyday Family Stressors

455

(1)

Stressor Overload

455

(1)

The Course of a Family Crisis

456

(2)

The Period of Disorganization

456

(1)

Recovery

457

(1)

Family Stress, Crisis, Adjustment, and Adaptation: A Theoretical Model

458

(2)

Stressor Pile-Up

458

(1)

Appraising the Situation

459

(1)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Stressor Pile-Up Among Single-Mother Families in Homeless Shelters

460

(3)

Crisis-Meeting Resources

462

(1)

Meeting Crises Creatively

463

(4)

A Positive Outlook

463

(1)

Spiritual Values and Support Groups

463

(1)

Open, Supportive Communication

464

(1)

Adaptability

464

(1)

Informal Social Support

464

(1)

An Extended Family

464

(1)

Community Resources

465

(2)

Crisis: Disaster or Opportunity?

467

(1)

Issues for Thought When a Parent Is in Prison

468

(5)

Divorce: Before and After

473

(48)

Today's High U.S. Divorce Rate

474

(1)

Facts About Families How Divorce Rates Are Reported

475

(1)

Why Are Couples Divorcing?

476

(6)

Economic Factors

477

(2)

High Expectations of Marriage

479

(1)

The Changed Nature of Marriage

479

(1)

Decreased Social, Legal, and Moral Constraints

480

(1)

Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce

481

(1)

Other Factors Associated with Divorce

481

(1)

Common Marital Complaints

482

(1)

Thinking About Divorce: Weighing the Alternatives

482

(3)

Marital Happiness, Barriers to Divorce, and Alternatives to the Marriage

482

(1)

``Would I Be Happier?''

483

(1)

Is Divorce a Temporary Crisis or a Permanent Stress?

484

(1)

Getting the Divorce

485

(4)

The Emotional Divorce

485

(1)

The Legal Divorce

485

(1)

The Community Divorce

486

(2)

The Psychic Divorce

488

(1)

The Economic Consequences of Divorce

489

(4)

Divorce, Single-Parent Families, and Poverty

489

(1)

Husbands, Wives, and Economic Divorce

490

(2)

Child Support

492

(1)

Divorce and Children

493

(3)

The Various Stresses for Children of Divorce

494

(2)

Issues for Thought How It Feels When Parents Divorce

496

(11)

Custody Issues

501

(6)

Parent Education for Co-Parenting Ex-Spouses

507

(1)

His and Her Divorce

507

(2)

Her Divorce

507

(1)

His Divorce

508

(1)

Forming Families: The Next Generation

509

(2)

Adult Children of Divorced Parents and Intergenerational Relationships

509

(1)

Marital Stability for Adult Children of Divorced Parents

510

(1)

Should Divorce Be Harder to Get?

511

(1)

Is Divorce Necessarily Bad for Children?

512

(1)

Is Making Divorce Harder to Get a Realistic Idea?

512

(1)

Surviving Divorce

512

(2)

What Can Be Done to Address the Negative Consequences of Divorce for Children?

512

(1)

The Good Divorce

513

(1)

Case Study The Post-Divorce Family as a Child-Rearing Institution

514

(1)

As We Make Choices Ten Keys to Successful Co-Parenting

515

(6)

Remarriages and Stepfamilies

521

(32)

Remarriage: Some Basic Facts

523

(1)

Facts About Families Remarriages and Race/Ethnic Diversity

524

(1)

Focus on Children Remarriage, Stepfamilies, and Children's Living Arrangements

524

(2)

Choosing Partners the Next Time: Variations on a Theme

526

(2)

Remarriage Advantages for Women and Men

526

(2)

Homogamy in Remarriage

528

(1)

Spouses' Happiness/Satisfaction and Stability in Remarriage

528

(2)

Happiness/Satisfaction in Remarriage

529

(1)

The Stability of Remarriages

529

(1)

Case Study My (Step)Family

530

(2)

Negative Stereotypes and Remarital Satisfaction and Stability

530

(2)

Remarried Families: A Normless Norm

532

(2)

Characteristics of Remarried Families

532

(2)

A Closer Look at Family Diversity Immigrant Stepfamilies

534

(2)

Kin Networks in the Remarried Family

534

(2)

Family Law and the Remarried Family

536

(1)

Children's Well-Being in Stepfamilies

536

(1)

Stepparenting: A Challenge in Remarriage

537

(5)

Some Reasons Stepparenting Is Difficult

537

(3)

Stepmothers

540

(1)

Stepfathers

541

(1)

As We Make Choices Some Stepparenting Tips

542

(3)

Having a Mutual Child

543

(2)

Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

545

(1)

Case Study From Stepfather to Father---Creating a Resilient Stepfamily

546

(7)

Aging Families

553

(30)

Our Aging Population

554

(2)

Aging Baby Boomers

554

(1)

Longer Life Expectancy

554

(2)

Racial/Ethnic Composition of the Older American Population

556

(1)

Living Arrangements of Older Americans

556

(2)

Gender Differences in Older Americans' Living Arrangements

557

(1)

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Older Americans' Living Arrangements

558

(1)

Aging in Today's Economy

558

(2)

Older Women's Finances

559

(1)

Marriage Relationships in Later Life

560

(2)

The Postparental Period and Retirement

561

(1)

Later-Life Divorce and Widowhood

562

(1)

Widowhood and Widowerhood

563

(1)

Older Parents, Adult Children, and Grandchildren

563

(4)

Older Parents and Adult Children

563

(2)

Grandparenthood

565

(2)

Aging Families and Caregiving

567

(3)

Adult Children as Eldercare Providers

569

(1)

As We Make Choices Community Resources for Eldercare

570

(4)

Gender Differences in Providing Eldercare

572

(1)

The Sandwich Generation

573

(1)

Eldercare as a Family Process

573

(1)

Case Study Looking After: A Son's Memoir

574

(3)

Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Family Eldercare

576

(1)

The Changing American Family and Eldercare in the Future

577

(6)

Toward Better Caregiving

579

(4)

How to Find the Appendices

Appendix A Human Sexual Anatomy

Appendix B Human Sexual Response

Appendix C Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Appendix D Sexual Dysfunctions and Therapy

Appendix E Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

Appendix F Contraceptive Techniques

Appendix G High-Tech Fertility

Appendix H Marriage and Close Relationship Counseling

Appendix I Managing a Family Budget

Glossary

583

(18)

References

601

(76)

Credits

677

(2)

Author Index

679

(10)

Subject Index

689

Marriages, Families, and Relationships : Making Choices in a Diverse Society

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