- Paperback: 220 pages
- Publisher: Touchstone; 1st Free Press Paperback Ed edition (19 Sep 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0028740610
- ISBN-13: 978-0028740614
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.9 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,019,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Today's couples, for the first time in history, insist on equality in all aspects of their marriages. Bestselling author and sociologist Schwartz uncovers the hidden pitfalls, the drastic changes, and the unsuspected and astonishing rewards experienced by truly equal partners. Throughout the book, Schwartz shows peer couples how they can fulfill the unprecedented promise of equality.
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Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex. She is the co-author of the "Sex and Health" column in Glamour Magazine, writes a regular column in American Baby, contributes regularly to the "Parent and Child" column for the New York Times, and appears biweekly as a relationship expert for KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington, where she lives.
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In 1983 Philip Blumstein and I published the results of a large study on the nature of American relationships; it was called American Couples. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an amazing, eye-opening book. Many couples say they believe in equality, but they also feel that the woman is naturally better at staying home with the kids, and that it just makes sense to put more emphasis on the man's career because he often makes more money.
Pepper Schwartz shows how these seemingly sensible decisions undermine a relationship of true equality. She also discusses the benefits of a truly equal relationship: the deep friendship and trust that is possible only when the two people are on equal footing.
Through interviews with egalitarian, traditional, and nearly egalitarian couples, Schwartz provides real-life examples of how people can and have transformed their relationships into truly equal partnerships, with both the woman and man sharing childcare and decision-making.
This book would make a great wedding gift!
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
The real issues involved in loving and living with an equal
2 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
I think "LOVE BETWEEN EQUALS" can give any two people who really desire to have a true sense of equality in their marriage or partnership - a GAUGE by which they can isolate the important issues in relationship and a way to measure how they are doing with these issues.
If they take the various issues presented and discuss them fully and fairly, they will know what is working about equality in their relationship and which areas need work. It is not for those with namb-pamby relationship (just foolin around stuff) or those where one person dominates and wants to continue dominating - the risk of becoming equal may be too threatening.
It is not a how-to book. It does not have to be. It doesn't tell you how to achieve equality. What it does teach you to do, as I said before, is to think about what equality really looks like and how to check your relationship out.
If you want to do something about it, you will probably need other help. But this book will give you a handle on what it is you need to do and it should be thoroughly digested and discussed, before deciding what your next steps are on the way to having that sense of equality. I would be glad to discuss what I wrote with anyone.
WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY BE DANGEROUS TO LOUSY RELATIONSHIPS!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
EQUAL PARTNERSHIPS HOW-TO BOOK
30 Mar 1997
Format:Paperback
This is an amazing, eye-opening book. Many couples say they believe in equality, but they also feel that the woman is naturally better at staying home with the kids, and that it just makes sense to put more emphasis on the man's career because he often makes more money.
Pepper Schwartz shows how these seemingly sensible decisions undermine a relationship of true equality. She also discusses the benefits of a truly equal relationship: the deep friendship and trust that is possible only when the two people are on equal footing.
Through interviews with egalitarian, traditional, and nearly egalitarian couples, Schwartz provides real-life examples of how people can and have transformed their relationships into truly equal partnerships, with both the woman and man sharing childcare and decision-making.
This book would make a great wedding gift!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Running to Walk...
5 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
Pepper's book is a splendid read for those looking to get into a peer relationship, but still have their toes dipped into the 'swimming' pool of the traditional, patriarichal relationship...for those seeking a partner for a peer relationship, the book is also a (re?)affirmation of life's possibilities amongst equals - something that the society at large seldom supports in this schism involved in the decline of the cartesian paradigm...
the book only gets 4 stars for it's tendency to have a slightly greater sculpt towards women who want out of a traditional marraige or relationship and are seeking other modes that include equality...from the men i know, there seem to be a good number that also are just as equally bored with a ho-hum wifey, or having to be the manly man syndrome, and are looking for an equal partner...
all and all, quite a good read...a step ahead of Deborah Tannen's book, "You Just Don't Understand", and a notch below Roger Fisher and Scott Brown's book, "Getting Together, Building Relationships as we Negotiate"...
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