The idea that in prehistoric times a man would spend his life hunting only for the benefit of his own wife and children, — Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
The idea that in prehistoric times a man would spend his life hunting only for the benefit of his own wife and children, — Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
The idea that in prehistoric times a man would spend his life hunting only for the benefit of his own wife and children, — Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
The idea that in prehistoric times a man would spend his life hunting only for the benefit of his own wife and children, — Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
The idea that in prehistoric times a man would spend his life hunting only for the benefit of his own wife and children, — Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
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The idea that in prehistoric times a man would spend his life hunting only for the benefit of his own wife and children, who were dependent solely upon his hunting prowess for survival, is simply a projection of 1950s marital norms onto the past.

— Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
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