Tara Espinoza
Question:
1. What does Sollie assert is wrong with popular culture and its depictions regarding
gender?
2. What does Sollie tell us about “cultural scripts” regarding marriage?
3. What does recent research on marriage demonstrate?
4. What point does Sollie make regarding Gray’s argument and the expectations that
men and women bring into marriage?
5. What did Sollie and Steurer find in their research?
1. What does Sollie assert is wrong with popular culture and its depictions regarding
gender?
The problems that are wrong with popular culture and its depictions, according to Sollie
are that men and women are “taught” to believe that men and women are different in the
way in which they feel emotionally and physically. In many self-help books and TV
programs, men are taught to “be strong” and provide for their families by working long
hours and coming home to do such things as yard work or other “masculine” things but
this is not the case. Men are taught to not show an emotional side and show little interest
when it comes to marriages.
2. What does Sollie tell us about “cultural scripts” regarding marriage?
Sollie explains that “cultural scripts” regarding marriages are no longer accurate. Over the
last decades, women have entered the workforce and are even becoming the breadwinners
for their families. As Sollie said, women are taking on more roles and they enjoy the
multi-tasking roles from working to providing a safe nest for their families. Men and
women also expect different things from their marriages when it comes to the amount of
