Work and other sources of satisfaction rank below family for majority of Americans (Wallerstein, 1996). This is apparent when the visibility of American families is questioned. The quality of family life is hard to come by, research reports: the Muncie, Indiana (“Middletown”) in 1920 described much family, among blue-collar workers, as “bleak, dreary, and devitalized.” Researchers found that husbands and wives had little communication and a restricted sexual life.