Instead of the country agreeing with her community on the natural rightness of heterosexual marriage as the center of family life, she was now obliged to defend herself against the idea that these views were sexist, homophobic, old-fashioned, and backward.
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About Arlie Russell Hochschild
Arlie Russell Hochschild was American professor of sociology. Arlie Russell Hochschild is an American professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and writer. Hochschild has long focused on the human emotions that underlie moral beliefs, practices, and social life generally. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Marriage — Partnership, commitment, and the journey of shared life