TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Covenant marriage and the sanctification of gendered marital roles
JO  - Journal of family issues
A1  - Baker, Elizabeth H.
A1  - Sanchez, Laura A.
A1  - Nock, Steven L.
A1  - Wright, James D.
SP  - 147
EP  - 178
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0192-513X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X08324109
ID  - ref1
ER  -