In the article “How Dual-Earner Couples Cope,” Diane Papalia and Sally Olds explain how both partners working full-time affect the couple’s life. Authors start the article by writing about the positive side effects of working couples. According to Diane and Sally working partner’s marriage can be negatively affected for several reasons. The article goes to say that working couples could face more arguments and obstacles. In addition, authors mention three types of the Dual-income couple: conventional, modern and role sharing, and how each one of these couples deal with their home responsibility. Authors state that burdens fall more on women no matter which type of role sharing.
In the article “How Dual-Earner Couples Cope,” Diane Papalia and Sally Olds explain how both partners working full-time affect the couple’s life. Authors start the article by writing about the positive side effects of working couples. According to Diane and Sally working partner’s marriage can be negatively affected for several reasons. The article goes to say that working couples could face more arguments and obstacles. In addition, authors mention three types of the Dual-income couple: conventional, modern and role sharing, and how each one of these couples deal with their home responsibility. Authors state that burdens fall more on women no matter which type of role sharing.