The New Monogamy: Forward to the Past

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article analysis The author Helen Fisher writes about marriage and its evolution in the past 100 years. Marriage has changed from an arranged marriage to a partnership where both members contribute equally to the relationship. Fisher goes on to mention marriage will continue to change as time goes on, she even suggests that marriages one day may include an expiration date. The article, The New Monogamy: Forward to the Past is a very current article; it was written within the past five years. Fisher, the author of the article is an anthropologist as well as an author. Not only does she research marriage she also contributes to the popular dating site, chemistry.com. Fisher appears to know a great deal about love and marriage, especially about love considering she is chief scientific advisor of Chemistry.com. Fisher is a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University, which leads the readers of the article to believe that her history of marriage is accurate. The article is very interesting; it raises many topics that are not widely discussed. It examines the changing of human relationships including marriage, divorce, and the role of women in the society. The author discusses many aspects of marriage such as fidelity and how the concept has evolved and changed over the past 100 years. Not only has the history of marriage being looked at, the future of marriage is also being discussed. The interesting part of this article is how it discusses how women’s role in marriage has changed as their role in society has changed as well. The strength of this article is that even though it discusses how marriage has changed and shows examples the bottom line is that people still want to find love and they are, regardless of the fact that the idea of what a marriage entails is evolving and changing. This article is very informative; it provides a history of what

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