Are modern couples moving towards a more equal share of outside-the-home work and domestic duties?

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Despite the "The Five-Year Engagement's" lackluster opening weekend, the film touched on a cultural phenomenon that's been adopted by modern couples such as Mar Yvette and Aram Brazilian, who will have been engaged for 11 years come Saturday.

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The Flintstones, featuring two modern-minded couples living in the stone age, was the first animated series to be broadcast on prime-time television.

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"The bottom line is that among the older, more modern, more cosmopolitan couples, it's very OK to them to do this sort of thing, especially when you already have all the traditional household items, " WeddingChannel's Eisinger said.

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Others like Friends with Benefits (a modern day Friends) and Perfect Couples (another relationship comedy) will join the schedule mid-season.

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Their stylish and functional modern furniture is particularly appealing to young couples.

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The majority of couples in Zambia still don't use modern methods such as condoms, the pill, implants and injections.

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"Couples in more liberal communities, shaped by the modern impulse to control the circumstances of one's life, are more likely to practice family planning, whether by natural or artificial methods, " according to the book.

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Untraditional couples, where he does most of the housework, may hold a less traditional or more modern view about marriage, whereby marital dissatisfaction more easily leads to marital break-up.

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