Whose relationship is it? May-December Love: An Annotated Bibliography
Tentative Thesis: Regardless of their personal beliefs and ideologies, people should not challenge the quality of May-December relationships because many age-gap couples experience healthy partnerships, an array of stimulating generational differences, and an average level of satisfaction in their relationship along with an average level of insecure emotional attachment to their partners compared to age-similar couples.
Berardo, Felix M., Jeffrey Appel, Donna H. Berardo. “Age Dissimilar Marriages: Review and Assessment.” Journal of Aging Studies. 7.1 (1993): 93-106. Science Direct Web. 21 June 2016 This article challenges the analysis of preceding literature on age-discrepant …show more content…
This article also inspects the characteristics involved in age-dissimilar mortality rates, such as household size, relationship quality, education, and financial circumstances. The article findings support my argument regarding overall relationship health by concluding that the chance of dying decreases for men as the age gap increases when his spouse is younger in the same way that the chance of dying decreases for women as the age gap increases when her spouse is older. On the other hand, this journal article opposes my argument as well by concluding the opposite when the male is younger and the female is older. Drefahl’s article provides argument with background concerning general beliefs about why people choose to involve themselves in age-gap relationships and statistical information about individual longevity in age-gap relationships. This piece supports my anticipation by discovering that having a younger spouse can be detrimental for women. The results support my refutation because it proves that age-dissimilar relationships can be as healthy, if not healthier than similarly aged relationships regardless of their socioeconomic …show more content…
Knox addresses five themes that affect age-gap relationships: “age-discrepant relationships are happy, age-discrepant relationships lack social approval and support, age-discrepant relationship are not without problems, woman perceive benefits of involvement with older partners, and friends of the couple are joint friends” (Knox, 1997). This article supports my argument that many people can be involved in healthy, stimulating age-gap relationships. This source provides me with background characteristics, credibility, and statistical evidence of various persons involved in such relationships. Supporting my refutation, this article concludes that only four percent of students and faculty report being unhappy in their
Tentative Thesis: Regardless of their personal beliefs and ideologies, people should not challenge the quality of May-December relationships because many age-gap couples experience healthy partnerships, an array of stimulating generational differences, and an average level of satisfaction in their relationship along with an average level of insecure emotional attachment to their partners compared to age-similar couples.
Berardo, Felix M., Jeffrey Appel, Donna H. Berardo. “Age Dissimilar Marriages: Review and Assessment.” Journal of Aging Studies. 7.1 (1993): 93-106. Science Direct Web. 21 June 2016 This article challenges the analysis of preceding literature on age-discrepant …show more content…
This article also inspects the characteristics involved in age-dissimilar mortality rates, such as household size, relationship quality, education, and financial circumstances. The article findings support my argument regarding overall relationship health by concluding that the chance of dying decreases for men as the age gap increases when his spouse is younger in the same way that the chance of dying decreases for women as the age gap increases when her spouse is older. On the other hand, this journal article opposes my argument as well by concluding the opposite when the male is younger and the female is older. Drefahl’s article provides argument with background concerning general beliefs about why people choose to involve themselves in age-gap relationships and statistical information about individual longevity in age-gap relationships. This piece supports my anticipation by discovering that having a younger spouse can be detrimental for women. The results support my refutation because it proves that age-dissimilar relationships can be as healthy, if not healthier than similarly aged relationships regardless of their socioeconomic …show more content…
Knox addresses five themes that affect age-gap relationships: “age-discrepant relationships are happy, age-discrepant relationships lack social approval and support, age-discrepant relationship are not without problems, woman perceive benefits of involvement with older partners, and friends of the couple are joint friends” (Knox, 1997). This article supports my argument that many people can be involved in healthy, stimulating age-gap relationships. This source provides me with background characteristics, credibility, and statistical evidence of various persons involved in such relationships. Supporting my refutation, this article concludes that only four percent of students and faculty report being unhappy in their