I think that we’ll probably continue to see shared gender
roles within marriages increase. As women become more assertive in society
we’ll see a decrease in the need for more traditional gender roles in
relationships and marriages. As a result there may be more stay at home dads,
more women becoming the sole or main providers financially, and so forth.
One other change that we
will most likely see in marriage is more acceptance and legalization of gay
marriage. Our generation has grown up seeing the struggles made to get gay
marriage legalized. We’ve also been more exposed to the idea of homosexuality
in general and thus are becoming more comfortable with it. In 50 years I think
(and hope) we’ll see full legalization of gay marriage and wider acceptance of
all LGBT people.
I enjoyed your thoughts on marriage in 50 years. You are right that our gender roles have become more liberal throughout the years. In some cases, gender roles have been completely reversed. I have a family friend who goes out and works a nine to five job every day while her husband takes care of the kids at home. These situations have become more normal in the past few decades as we are accepting different types of families and marriages. I also believe in the next 50 years, this type of relationship will become more normal. Great post this week!
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