When a man enters the second and third phase of gender role transitions a man is both confused and angry. His lack of understanding, along with a lack of communication within the relationship could easily cause a marriage to end in divorce. When a man is uncertain of the role he is suppose to play in a relationship it can cause confusion and frustration, which in turn can easily turn to fighting and arguing. Through out this transition from traditional gender role beliefs to celebration of gender roles, men may begin to question their gender role identity and this can cause the transition to be quiet hard on relationships ending in divorce before the transition is completely over to phase five. While divorce seems to be so common these days from what I’ve read in books for other classes it really hasn’t raised at all but rather stayed unchanged and we see a decrease in marriage instead. This may be because many of the young adults approaching the phase of marriage are deciding against it because of their experience of watching their parents divorce. As the second article about divorce discusses vulnerability and feeling as though their parents failed to protect them, lacking responsibility and focused on
When a man enters the second and third phase of gender role transitions a man is both confused and angry. His lack of understanding, along with a lack of communication within the relationship could easily cause a marriage to end in divorce. When a man is uncertain of the role he is suppose to play in a relationship it can cause confusion and frustration, which in turn can easily turn to fighting and arguing. Through out this transition from traditional gender role beliefs to celebration of gender roles, men may begin to question their gender role identity and this can cause the transition to be quiet hard on relationships ending in divorce before the transition is completely over to phase five. While divorce seems to be so common these days from what I’ve read in books for other classes it really hasn’t raised at all but rather stayed unchanged and we see a decrease in marriage instead. This may be because many of the young adults approaching the phase of marriage are deciding against it because of their experience of watching their parents divorce. As the second article about divorce discusses vulnerability and feeling as though their parents failed to protect them, lacking responsibility and focused on