Accounting for Divorce: Gender and Uncoupling Narratives |
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Authors: | Susan Walzer Thomas P Oles |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 |
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Abstract: | Past research about uncoupling processes has focused on the differing narratives people offer to explain the end of their marriages, depending on whether or not they perceive themselves to have initiated the ending. This article extends previous work by adding gender to the analysis, exploring intersections between accounts of divorce and accountability to cultural assumptions related to gender. In this inductive study, we examine qualitative interview data—particularly discrepancies in the narratives of some men and women—and suggest that gender mediates how people talk about the process of uncoupling as well as their motives for divorce. |
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Keywords: | accounts narratives divorce uncoupling |
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