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#1 The Western literary tradition is full of examples of women who suffer from failed marriages and love affairs, and they rarely find salvation in a voyage of self-discovery.

#2 The focus on self-discovery and authenticity in American culture today is leading some people to better marriages, while it is also making it harder for the average person to find a good marriage.

#3 The definition of marriage is very different between cultures and historical periods. In some societies, husbands and wives live apart. In others, they don’t share economic resources. The idealization and passion of medieval European courtly love was believed to be incompatible with the marital relationship, which was determined by pragmatic considerations such as forging alliances between family units.

#4 America has experienced three major eras of marriage: pragmatic, love-based, and self-expressive. The first, which extended from the colonial period until around 1850, was oriented toward meeting basic economic and survival needs. The industrialized economy began to emerge during this era, but civic institutions like police forces were weak or nonexistent.

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