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The sociological concept I have chosen in the institution of marriage. Marriage is a legally sanctioned relationship, usually involving economic cooperation as well as normative sexual activity and childbearing that people expect to be enduring. The first charact ....

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.... approved ideas of man's and woman's work. Traditionally, the husband worked outside of the home and was responsible for the finances while the wife worked inside of the home taking care of domestic or household duties such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for the children. Generally, though, the strength of the more traditional attitudes to sex-differentiated roles in the marriage has weakened. In this era of post-industrialism, wives and husbands are sharing more of the responsibility for providing income for the family. There is also more sharing of the household duties but most married women working outside of the home still do the majority ....