What's Age Got to Do with It? A Case Study Analysis of Power and Gender in Husband-Older Marriages

Autor/inn/en	Pyke, Karen; Adams, Michele
Titel	What's Age Got to Do with It? A Case Study Analysis of Power and Gender in Husband-Older Marriages
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 31 (2010) 6, S.748-777 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X09357897
Schlagwörter	Research Needs; Spouses; Social Class; Sex Role; Sexual Identity; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Age Differences; Power Structure; Gender Differences; Social Status; Employment Level; Marriage; Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsbedarf; Ehepartner; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Status; Beschäftigungsgrad; Ehe; Klischee
Abstract	This qualitative study explores assumptions of family scholars who draw on age heterogamy and marriage-gradient approaches to suggest that marriages between older husbands and much younger wives are likely to be male-dominated, with traditional gender arrangements. Drawing on resource theory and marital power perspectives, we analyze the life histories, psychosocial understandings, and day-to-day arrangements of both partners in eight husband-older marriages to uncover their unique features. We present four cases with distinct dynamics to suggest that future research needs to consider that (a) husbands' older age does not automatically translate into male dominance and rigid gender arrangements; (b) when combined with additional forms of heterogamy, such as racial status, social class, occupational prestige, and education, age heterogamy is likely to be associated with male dominance; (c) men can experience a shift toward "more" marital sharing and androgyny upon remarriage to a younger woman; and (d) gender arrangements in husband-older marriages can undergo major shifts across the life course. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10