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How to Avoid Having a ‘His’ and ‘Her’ Marriage

First, kiss gender-stereotyped attitudes and behavior bye-bye

Vicki Larson
4 min readMay 29, 2020

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Some 50 years ago, sociologist Jessie Bernard noted that marriage is not a single entity; how marriage was experienced depended a lot on whether you’re the wife or the husband, what she noted as a “his” and “her” marriage.

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Vicki Larson

Award-winning journalist, author of “Not Too Old For That" & "LATitude: How to Make a Live Apart Together Relationship Work (2024) coauthor of “The New I Do,”