marriage

marriage Order Description Guide: The assignment is to find and interview two women about their experience with marriage. I want you to interview women in different life cycle stages. For example, you might choose to interview a person married 5 years and one married 20 years. I would prefer that you NOT interview people you already know very well. I do not want a word for word transcription of your interviews. Rather, I would want you to use some discretion in relating the most relevant and important aspects of the interview. You may use quotes but strive to synthesize and paraphrase what you hear. I would expect that you would describe the person(s) you interview first and then get into the interview. Write between 6 and 8 pages, standard margins and 12 pt. font. Be creative. Make it fun to read and present. Finish with what you learned in the interview or writing process. You may also compare and contrast the two interviews. Possible Questions for Couple Interviews Following are questions that can be used to guide your interview with couples. You may ask additional questions as well, but these are a solid start. 1. Get background information about how long they have been married, number of children etc. 2. What kind of marriage was it? Arranged? Love? Combination? In other words, how did you get together with your husband? 3. What are the best things about your marriage? 4. What are the challenges? Be specific. 5. What kinds of conflicts do you have and how do they get resolved? 6. What about gender roles? Who does what in the family? Are there any conflicts here? 7. When you got together, what differences, if any, were there in “rules” or expectations for how families should operate? How have you resolved any “rule” disputes? Note: you may have to explain the concept of spoken and unspoken rules. 8. What advice would you give to a young person considering marriage? 9. Other questions: Make sure that you connect course materials/ideas/theories to the interviews (use APA style for referencing). You will want to be observant as well as carefully recording their answers. You may see or “feel” things that could be reported in the paper, but not necessarily addressed with the person.