Has the Women’s Movement and the Sexual Revolution Strained Modern Marriages?

Before the women’s movement, women stayed at home. During this time women had the responsibilities of keeping the home and looking after the child or children while it was the responsibility of the men to be the breadwinner and go out provide for their family. As times have changed and women ventured out into the workforce alongside the men the demand for at least two incomes to maintain a typical family home continues to drastically increase. Now with both parties working and putting out these long hours at work the couple often times are burned out at the end of the day only to wake up the following day to repeat the same process all over again. In recent times, the working couple has entirely more issues and more stress that has quadrupled compared to times long ago. Independence is a sweet reality for the modern woman as she presently can enjoy countless opportunities that were not available to her decades before. The contemporary woman juggles school, motherhood, and marriage.