But Coontz doesn't use any good organizational skills. Some of these cultures you mention are scattered throughout different parts of the article. Coontz talks about the Chinese in one paragraph and how love was seen as a threat to the family and then again in the article he talks about how Chinese women brought their sisters to their husbands as backup wives. This article written by Coontz was very long, if he had condensed these cultures like the Chinese example into one paragraph, the article would most likely not be ten pages long. Coontz does not provide much evidence or information about these cultures. It seems like he hasn't done much research to back up what he says. Yes, Coontz has given us information about the history of marriage and love in these cultures, but he never talks about modern marriage and how these cultures have evolved over time beyond marriage in modern America. Coontz mentions modern American marriage but never talks about its history. This creates some frustration because it is trying to compare other cultures to the modern American way of marrying and loving without any