Best sociology of marriage & family books according to redditors

So one semester I took a sociology class (Marriage and Family) and learned that there is a direct correlation with religious population and teen pregnancy. I always thought that shit like this just happens and that I was just being a bigot again the damn religious folk and their sex having.

I think in the paper we read it was defined as 'red state' 'blue state' differences.
Source: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/03/081103fa_fact_talbot

The link seems to be something close to what I read. The article I read was in a text book (http://www.amazon.com/Family-Transition-Edition-Arlene-Skolnick/dp/0205747302) but it's very possible they got it from here.

Just some more information for you guys.

EDIT: Who the fuck downvotes information?

It's hard to get proof of this because of causation / correlation issues.

Check out this book: http://www.amazon.com/Premarital-Sex-America-Americans-Marrying/dp/0199743282

Some very interesting research done on young adults in this book. While it can't prove the hypothesis, the data is in line with it. Some findings (which I'm stealing from an amazon review since I don't currently have the book):

"Rather surprisingly, research shows those marrying between "ages 20-27 report higher levels of marital success" (p 181) than those who marry later. And "those who marry between 22 and 25" (p 181) have an even higher rate of marital happiness."

"Study after study has shown that women with higher numbers of sexual partners, or those who began having sex at an earlier age, frequently suffer from depression or other emotional problems. In fact, after the sexual revolution and the feminist tidal wave of the seventies, increasing numbers of women are looking back on what's happened with regret, not happiness."

And perhaps a positive one for people who still want to get married:

"One very interesting fact: one of the most influential statistics about marriage in the US, the one mentioned many times by young adults, is wrong--or at least misunderstood. That would be the old chestnut that 50% of all marriages here end in divorce.

In truth, some people marry and divorce again and again. But those who marry for the first time have a much, much greater chance of remaining married."

Anecdotally, I know a few 28 year old women that have basically said exactly what Demonspawn said to me. Basically, "I don't know if I can love anyone anymore." Quite interesting coming from two different women at similar points in their lives, similar backgrounds, and saying the same thing. They both aren't sluts, but they've had around 8 LTRs each at this point, and have certainly gotten into the double digit dick mark.

Because it seems you are trivializing one issue because one search did not return the things you wanted. I'm sorry Oprah did not discuss the topic that you wanted her to on that one singular show about males. Downvotes shouldn't be used just because you don't agree, people should explain why they don't and I have, so I'm sorry if you feel like you have been slighted. That was not my intention, and if you would like to talk about the issue, please pm me.

I did a quick search for you because you seem to be feeling some pain about this. These are just a few for you but there are many, many more out there if you take the time to see.

Websites: women specific

Fatherless Girls

About Fatherless Daughters

The Making of a Fatherless Daughter

Psychological Effects of Fatherlessness

The effects absent fathers have on female development and college attendance

Fatherless Woman Syndrome

Victim of Fatherless daughter syndrome

Fatherless Syndrome

Books: women specific

Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads

The Unavailable Father

Lost Fathers: How Women Can Heal from Adolescent Father Loss

Father Loss: Daughters Discuss the Man That Got Away

They probably didn't, since they included the vaguely-worded "Household activities". But there are a variety of reasons you might consider it work.

As I mentioned earlier, the chores themselves are considered work when you ask someone else to do them. It's also pretty work-like in that people identify with it just as other people do with their jobs. In the United States, you also get tax breaks for raising children, as well as financial assistance if you need it.

If you'd like more detailed arguments (including studies), Wifework does a good job of exploring the subject.

These are the books on my Kindle. I believe I read most of them - some I remember more than others so I may have started them but not finished.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B014G6WNIA/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title - This one was great. It told a lot about how he was feeling in the affair and why it was so hard for him to give it up.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E2NXBQ/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title - I loved this one.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G1IYIQM/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title - This books helped me with my relationship with my son but it also helped me understand my husband's relationship with his mother and how he was raised. She was overprotective and because of that they never had a great relationship.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EVXI51W/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QOE1DAW/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APGI85I/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title

Sorry for the late reply. Here is the link to the REA book. I actually used an older version but also got this one from the library and the practice tests were the same. You can save a lot of money by borrowing from the library.

https://www.amazon.com/CLEP%C2%AE-Introductory-Sociology-Online-Preparation/dp/0738610917

Good luck to you! Honestly the test isn’t that bad. If you can get around a 70% on both practice tests then you will should be able to pass.

You mean like this? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5035581/CUNY-professor-says-white-families-promote-white-supremacy.html

Or this: https://imgur.com/a/SYkXf6h

The political Left is no longer interested in raising the families of minorities UP. Their goal is to "equalize things" by destroying the nuclear families of Traditional Americans, so that everyone is "equal" in being subject to social dissolution.

A penetrating book on the assault on the nuclear family is "The War Against the Family" by William Gairdner: https://www.amazon.com/War-Against-Family-Political-Economic/dp/0978440218

https://www.amazon.com/CLEP-Introductory-Sociology-Online-Preparation/dp/0738610917/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

I read about this in Constructions of Deviance for a sociology of deviance course.

>I think you'd be hard pressed to say that the median US household is worse off today than they were in 1974

That depends on how you define "median" and "household".

If you do it by demographic groups, then the post-boomer generations are only equivalent on a real-income scale with a 1974 household when they have BOTH spouses working full-time. (Whereas the earlier households were single income.)

Cf E. Warren's book "The Two Income Trap" and/or her lecture on the subject (content starts at 5:00 mark) where she gives an overview of her detailed analysis of the trends.

This book provides some compelling data regarding why it may not be as 'risk free' as you think. Fact of the matter is that the human animal is more than just physical organs, and consequently there are significant psychological ramifications to every choice we make. Abstinence before marriage and monogamy during marriage is effective and stable precisely because it safeguards us from the psychological toll promiscuity takes on us.