The white elephant of the transitional marriage.
Marriage today sits in between two extremes—traditional marriage and egalitarian marriage. Traditionally, men and women are encouraged to behave according to established masculine and feminine roles, and take up breadwinner and homemaker duties respectively. The egalitarian marriage, however, has em...
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| author | Tan, Jasmine Gek Ting. |
| author2 | Michael Thaddeus Tan Koon Boon |
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| description | Marriage today sits in between two extremes—traditional marriage and egalitarian marriage. Traditionally, men and women are encouraged to behave according to established masculine and feminine roles, and take up breadwinner and homemaker duties respectively. The egalitarian marriage, however, has empowered her to pursue a career with her husband taking up equal household responsibilities.
With women’s education, females are open to equalizing gender—but men have fallen behind in the pursuit of gender equality in marriage. Here, the Transitional Marriage comes into existence: the faster-changing woman, married to the slower-changing man. He keeps his position as the breadwinner; she juggles her place in the workforce with her society-entrusted role as the housewife, housekeeper, and nurturer of child. She falls victim to ‘housewife syndrome’: the cranky, dissatisfied wife. The White Elephant of the Transitional Marriage personifies the issues that gender roles play in marriages—and our refusal to acknowledge its presence when dealing with marital problems. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/452182019-12-10T11:08:38Z The white elephant of the transitional marriage. Tan, Jasmine Gek Ting. Michael Thaddeus Tan Koon Boon School of Art, Design and Media DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Design Marriage today sits in between two extremes—traditional marriage and egalitarian marriage. Traditionally, men and women are encouraged to behave according to established masculine and feminine roles, and take up breadwinner and homemaker duties respectively. The egalitarian marriage, however, has empowered her to pursue a career with her husband taking up equal household responsibilities. With women’s education, females are open to equalizing gender—but men have fallen behind in the pursuit of gender equality in marriage. Here, the Transitional Marriage comes into existence: the faster-changing woman, married to the slower-changing man. He keeps his position as the breadwinner; she juggles her place in the workforce with her society-entrusted role as the housewife, housekeeper, and nurturer of child. She falls victim to ‘housewife syndrome’: the cranky, dissatisfied wife. The White Elephant of the Transitional Marriage personifies the issues that gender roles play in marriages—and our refusal to acknowledge its presence when dealing with marital problems. Bachelor of Fine Arts 2011-06-10T02:57:53Z 2011-06-10T02:57:53Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45218 en Nanyang Technological University 13 p. application/msword |
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