A Feminist Guide to Marriage

The first book of its kind in that it offers a feminist take on marriage, authored by a renowned feminist academic, and written in accessible language

Part crash course in feminism, part social guide, part memoir, and part manifesto, A Feminist Guide to Marriage is aimed at readers who want to know marriage better and to do marriage better. This book articulates why marriage matters to everyone—married or not. Written in an accessible and conversational tone, the book urges that we reconceived of marriage as an institution that must be thought of in feminist terms. It acknowledges a reality that many feminists still do not want to admit, namely that marriage must be considered and analyzed for a feminist project centralizing social justice to succeed. The truth is that many well-meaning people do desire to marry. A Feminist Guide to Marriage takes those investments seriously by asking: how do we live our desires ethically and with integrity? What does a just marriage look like? What should we ask of ourselves? What should we ask of our partners? Finally: how can we think about our own marriages and those that surround us in terms that are informed by social justice aims? With chapters on sex, money, children, and monogamy, among others, this book will help you to live, think, act, and love in accordance with feminist ideals.