婚姻的惊人解放史

To find a future for the institution, Stephanie Coontz turns to its wildly varying past. By Honor Jones For more than 30 years, Coontz has been trying to convince Americans that “there is no such thing as the traditional marriage.” A few months ago, one of my best friends told me that she and her boyfriend had gotten engaged. Engaged? I thought. What for? She has two young kids and has never been married; he’s older; they each have their own apartment; she seemed happy with the way things were. “Congratulations!” I said, because he’s a good person, and I love my friend. Then I asked where they were going to live, and she laughed in my face. …