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The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
INTRODUCTION<br >Necessity, as well as instinct, sends the ladies pell-<br >mell to the altar; it is only the secondary things,<br >social pressure or conscience, that send the men.<br > --Emily Hahn, 1956<br >The fact that men marry in precisely the same numbers as<br >women do conceals a basic inequality of motivation: namely,<br >that in the sort of marriage we have rather suddenly come to<br >see as "traditional," women need men much more than men<br >need women. When I was growing up in the fifties, everyone<br >acknowledged the "battle of the sexes" in which women "held<br >out" for as long as possible, until, by dint of persuasion, sexual<br >frustration or sudden pregnancy, they "landed a man." From<br >their side of the battle lines, men viewed the proceedings with<br >a certain sarcastic detachment. For example, a 1958 article in<br >Esquire described courtship with humorous references to the<br >military theories of Field Marshal Rommel and offered the<br >following account of a typical girl s attempt to win an "MRS"<br >degree:<br >College is four years, okay? . . . A freshman dates every-<br >body. She doesn t care. A sophomore dates in flurries.<br >~ . . Now a junior is looking for real love. She ll go out<br >three times with a boy who is a Possible. She may worry:<br >there aren t enough Possibles in her immediate circle of<br >friends. So she gets interested in extra-curricular activities,<br >©³©¥©×©¥©×©¥©·<br >©§ ©§ ©§ ©§<br >©Ç©¥©ï©¥©Ï ©§<br >©§ ©§ ©§ ©§<br >©Ç©¥©ï©¥©Ï ©§<br >©§ ©§ ©§ ©§<br >©»©¥©ß©¥©ß©¥©¿<br >
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The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024