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Romantic Weddings, Diverse Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2010

Jyl Josephson
Jyl Josephson
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Rutgers University
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They do look awfully romantic, those chocolate brides in Victorian gowns and matching pink bouquets. But just as the romance of the wedding often belies the more mundane realities of marriage, the romance of the movement that has come to call itself “marriage equality” may blind us to how difficult and long the struggle for real political equality will be. After all, traditional gender roles have not gone the way of the dinosaur. Why should we expect this to be true of hierarchies based on sexual orientation, particularly if the vehicle for inclusion is the institution of marriage?

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 128 - 134
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2010

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