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Last June, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States. The historic opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, used language so soaring that it was quickly incorporated into wedding ceremonies. In September, I attended three that quoted Kennedy's declaration that marriage "allows two people to find a life that could not be found alone, for a marriage becomes greater than just the two persons." Less often quoted, but arguably more important, is the section of Kennedy's opinion which lists the "material burdens" placed on same-sex couples previously denied the right to marry: exclusion from the benefits and rewards given to workers and their spouses through retirement savings programs, health insurance, and tax policy, for example.

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of public opinion toward presidential candidate spouses over the course of three decades, drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks including the concept of "new traditionalism" and a plethora of empirical data to explore why some spouses engender greater support than others—and what these reactions reveal about the American public and the gendered nature of the American presidency. Recognizing that presidential candidate spouses are important but understudied political actors, this book provides extensive analysis of public evaluations of Bill Clinton and Melania Trump during the 2016 presidential election as well as the presidential candidate spouses in the 1992 and 2012 elections and places public reaction to these individuals in historical context. The book considers important trends in U.S. elections including party polarization from the distinctive vantage points of candidate spouses and explores the symbolic importance of historic firsts including the first African American candidate spouse and the first male candidate spouse. No other work provides a systematic exploration of public opinion towards candidate spouses as distinct political entities across the modern political era. ; https://vc.bridgew.edu/fac_books/1172/thumbnail.jpg

Using three subsamples from the 2010 National Survey of Veterans (Westat 2010), this study explores health spillovers—the effects of the experience of one person on the health of another—from service personnel to their spouses. Regression models point to broad and substantial spillovers, occurring over multiple stages of a military career. The spouses of active duty personnel report worse health relative to those living with a veteran, and this difference in health is comparable to the well-established effect of widowhood on health. In addition, the health of military spouses declines when their spouses suffer from service-connected disabilities. There is no evidence that the widowhood effect is larger when the death is service-connected, nor is there evidence that caring for a disabled spouse is more detrimental when it happens at younger ages, a common situation among military spouses. Nonetheless, the health of military spouses is impacted by an assortment of spillovers related indirectly and directly to military service, and occurring both among those married to active personnel and those married to veterans.

2018 Fall. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological analysis was to understand the lived educational experiences of active duty military spouses pursuing an undergraduate degree, with a focus on the perceived opportunities and challenges related to degree completion. Data were collected from nine participants who identified as an active duty military spouse enrolled in an undergraduate program. Three research questions guided this study: What are the educational experiences of active duty military spouses pursuing an undergraduate degree? How do military spouses, as nontraditional students, manage the educational opportunities, benefits, and challenges presented to them while pursuing an undergraduate degree and what success strategies do they use to persevere? How do military spouses view the value and utility of obtaining an undergraduate degree? Data were analyzed and five themes emerged: previous educational experiences before the military, challenges of military life, opportunities of military life, success strategies, and career goals. These students demonstrated a diverse array of expressed motivations and characteristics. The essence of these military spouses was characterized by a form of altruistic resilience. The altruistic or selfless nature of their expressed motives extended beyond their own immediate educational or professional needs and ambitions. Numerous spouses noted the impetus to pursue their education was to inspire their children. Likewise, they often placed the demands of their spouse's military career, and the associated volunteer responsibilities, ahead of their own needs and desires. Yet, they persevered.

In society, the family holds a special place among other social institutions. Family relations predetermine both the future of an individual and a whole generation in many respects. Therefore, from a medical point of view, the question of the health of spouses, children, and family as a whole continues to remain relevant. Premarital medical examination and open communication of the results is now being implemented only on a voluntary basis. Is such an approach able to protect the interests of both spouses and society, and how does it relate to the right of everyone to privacy and family secret? As part of the work, we studied the experience of foreign countries on the issue of medical examination of spouses and medical privacy of the examination results. In the domestic scientific literature, it is formed a position on the need for legislative consolidation of the mandatory mutual awareness of spouses regarding the results of a medical examination. Key words: Medical privacy, confidentiality, family law, marriage, spouse relations, personal non-property relations, information, medical examination.