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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (Dover Publications, 1996)
Greeted with outrage on its publication in 1792, this seminal book argues for the emancipation of women, attacking the social and economic constraints placed on them by marriage, men and the law.
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Sexual Arrangements, Marriage and Affairs by Martin Richards and Janet Reibstein (Heinemann, 1992)
Discusses the different ways in which men and women react to affairs and their differing expectations of marriage.
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The Married Homosexual Man: A psychological study by Michael W Ross (Routledge, 1983)
Looking at gay men who marry women, this book explores the reasons behind this and the problems they, and their wives and families, face.
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Websites

The Suffragettes
Interesting article about the militant feminists whose actions accelerated the granting of the right to vote to women.

Blunkett to overhaul Victorian sex laws
Guardian article on the continuing overhaul of the UK's sex laws.

Alternatives to Marriage Project
Reflecting the changing attitudes towards marriage, this is a national non-profit organisation advocating equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who choose not to marry/cannot marry, or who live together before marriage.

The Age: Office affairs
Enlightening Australian newspaper article detailing research that shows that women are still discriminated against more than men when it comes to having affairs.

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