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Negotiating Marital Care: Co-Creating The Connected Egalitarian Relationship, Lena Lopez Bradley
Negotiating Marital Care: Co-Creating The Connected Egalitarian Relationship, Lena Lopez Bradley
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Research suggests that couples seek connection and equality within the marital relationship, yet they continue to struggle due to the continued impact of traditional gender ideologies (Coontz, 2006; Knudson-Martin & Mahoney 2009). The current body of literature reveals little about how specific relational negotiation practices contribute to attaining an equal and connected relationship over time. This study utilizes grounded theory methodology and a feminist social constructionist framework to explore how traditional gender constructs impact couples’ ability to negotiate connected egalitarianism within relationship over time.
The analysis of 68 interviews with two sets of couples—parents of children 5 years old and …