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Marriage Advice Circa 1962

Oct22

Contexts, a publication of the American Sociological Association which aims to make "sociology interesting and relevant to anyone interested in how society operates," recently posted about this 1962 book, When You Marry.

Contexts says, "The book covers many aspects of dating and marriage and provides some fascinating insights into gender roles and social assumptions of the time."

We say, "Holy cow, things were different before!"  Obviously the book is completely out-of-date, and wouldn't be of much interest to modern marrieds looking for real advice, but it is a fascinating time machine to what marriage advice sounded like not all that long ago...

Check it out here!

 


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