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The Abolition of Marriage: How We Destroy Lasting Love Hardcover – March 1, 1996

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  • Hardcover: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Regnery Publishing; First Printing edition (March 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0895264641
  • ISBN-13: 978-0895264640
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA very realistic look at modern marriage
By Antoinette Aubert on October 17, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Gallagher has produced an intelligent, much needed treatise. Her hypothesis is that marriage no longer exists. With no fault divorce one person in a marriage can end it anytime they choose for any reason. The traditional social contract of mom at home and dad at work depended on the legal contract that bound dad to mom, forever. Without that legal contract the social contract was destroyed as well. A woman who stays at home with her children today is a walking a tight-rope without a net. Gallagher points out that many women choose career over home out of fear, not necessity or ambition. She defends traditional marriage not in romance novel terms, but in the very real impact family breakup has on children. Gallagher explains why marriages should be saved even when not blissful. The value of marriage lies in working through difficult times more than in idealized romantic illusions.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLine Starts Behind Gallagher; Insights More Compelling Than Ever
By J. Steven Svoboda on November 28, 2012
Format: Hardcover
How time flies. Eight years ago, nationally syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher wrote the somewhat unfortunately titled book "The Abolition of Marriage" and it took me until now to get around to reading it. Once you do get past the title, Gallagher's work here (which focuses on the US but mostly applies to Canada too) is simply awe-inspiring. I can't think of a more important book I've read in the last ten years, inside or outside of gender issues.

"The Abolition of Marriage" is a virtual pentathlete of a book, excelling on so many different levels. In terms of quality in non-fiction writing, as far as I am concerned, the line starts behind Maggie Gallagher. She is equally pre-eminent in her ability to marshal facts from seemingly diverse areas of inquiry and integrate them to arrive at truths that seem obvious only after she has demonstrated them to us. This is sheer brilliance, folks.

Moreover, Gallagher evidently cares deeply about society and people and the serious harm both have suffered from the inestimable erosion matrimony has suffered in recent decades. Following in the steps of her previous book, Enemies of Eros, she names the Greek concept of "eros," of irrational, exuberant love for one's immediate family (spouse and children) as a key to our welfare in all areas of life. Paradoxically, marriage is more useful and attractive the more demanding and restrictive it becomes. Spouses with children are the pillars of society, paying taxes, providing a foundation that can help sustain a community. The absence of the traditional family is correspondingly highly correlated with a community's decline; if the percentage of married couples with children in a neighborhood drops below a critical tipping point of about fifteen percent, trouble is likely to follow.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsWondering
By oceanamoon on February 23, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Would more women want to stay home and take care of the house and kids if we respected them for it? As of right now, women who stay home(or want to) are punished by people in our society we look down on them as though it is not real work. But what work could be more valuable than to raise the next generation?
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5.0 out of 5 starsA "wake up" call to American women, from a wise, sensible and intelligent woman
By B. Bowman on January 12, 2015
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Innocent little children are targeted by women who demand abortions, women who feel entitled to have children out-of-wedlock and women who selfishly demand divorce, ripping apart their innocent little children's God-given families. Divorce is an ugly cancer that many women feel arrogantly "entitled" to, no matter how much it hurts, little children, our society and the world overall. To read a book, written by a sensible woman, who (I believe) is trying to help other women not be so deceived, it a true blessing from God.

This book makes sense. Now, if women would just be smart enough to READ it! However, the female EGO does not like to be told that it was wrong and must now face accountability for her own unbridled feelings, emotions and resulting choices.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAbsolute "must read" for married couples -- 10+++
By A Customer on November 30, 1996
Format: Hardcover
This book is a major eye-opener on too many issues to list.
You won't think the same about marriage, divorce, and the long-term
consequences of both. I've been married for 11 years, and have 3 kids.
After I read this book, I've figured that, come hell or high water,
my wife and I are sticking together forEVER. Far, far more at
stake in marriage -- and divorce -- than most of us realize. This
book is a profoundly disturbing -- and much-needed -- wakeup call about
the consequences of divorce. And if you or someone you know has
been thinking about getting divorced -- READ THIS FIRST.

Cannot recommend this book too highly.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery Insightful
By A Customer on March 27, 2002
Format: Hardcover
This book challenges much of the conventional wisdom that US society has adopted since the beginning of the modern welfare state and the sexual revolution. Ms. Gallagher outlines many of the destructive results that these modern trends have brought to bear on marriages and families.
After reading the book, it is hard not to question the liberalism that has changed our society in the past 40 years.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful. Shocking. Important. A must read.,
By Jeri VINE VOICE on February 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
This scathing, white hot book is one of the most important books published in decades.

As Gallagher points out, we have chosen the happiness of adults over that of their children. And make no mistake, children are damaged by divorce or single parenting.

Some have emotional problems that will last throughout their lives, especially in their ability form lasting relationships.

Children raised by a divorced or single parents are much, much more likely to become alcoholics, drug abusers, and high school dropouts.

They are more likely to become criminals - 80% of all the men in prison grew up in divorced or single parent homes.

They are much more likely to suffer depression, and much, much more likely to commit suicide.

They tend to do poorly in school, especially boys.

Some recent research I came across regarding boys and single parenting:

-----J Fam Psychol. 2001 Jun "Problem behaviors were more frequent for children from unmarried families than from married families and were more frequent for boys than for girls from cohabiting families."
-----Psychol Addict Behav. 2000 Jun "Findings indicated that boys and those from single-parent families engaged in the highest rates of problem behavior."
-----J Popul Econ. 1992 Single parent "exacerbates these effects on the probability of entering college by ages 18-20 years, especially for boys. Thus, while remarriage increases income and reduces time pressures compared to single-parent family living, the presence of a stepfather appears to complicate the college entrance decision."
-----Morrison, Donna "Divorce had no effect upon reading scores for girls but had a negative effect for boys.
-----Dr.Read more ›
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Published on January 26, 2005 by Fishmonger
5.0 out of 5 starsa much needed retort to divorce peddlers

Ms Gallagher presents a compelling argument against the current "no fault" divorce laws currently in effect in America. Read more

Published on April 18, 2001 by G W Thielman
4.0 out of 5 starsA Brave Book, Could Be Better

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