@article{ref1,
title="Covenant marriage and the sanctification of gendered marital roles",
journal="Journal of family issues",
year="2009",
author="Baker, Elizabeth H. and Sanchez, Laura A. and Nock, Steven L. and Wright, James D.",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="147-178",
abstract="This study contributes to research on the deinstitutionalization of marriage and changing gender ideologies by focusing on a unique group of marriage innovators. With quantitative and qualitative data from the Marriage Matters project (1997-2004), this study used a symbolic interactionist perspective to compare covenant- and standard-married couples. Findings reveal that covenants are more traditional than standards across religious, marital, and gender attitude indices. Qualitative analyses suggest that covenants see their marital status as a powerful symbol to publicly display their beliefs about the benefits and necessity of traditional religious marriage. Covenant-married couples defuse the stigma of gender subordination by casting it as a service to God and by crafting a hybrid form of gender traditionalism that incorporates emotional ethics of egalitarianism. Conversely, standard-married couples view gender, marriage, and religion as diffuse, privatized, individualized matters. Implications are discussed in light of further research on contemporary marriage and shifting gender roles.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0192-513X",
doi="10.1177/0192513X08324109",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X08324109"
}