ISBN:
9780415165587
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (168 p)
Series Statement:
Women and Psychology
Parallel Title:
Print version Being Married, Doing Gender
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In one of the first psychological studies of women in heterosexual relationships, Caroline Dryden examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles. Unlike the developmental literature in which women are studied only as mothers, or the clinical literature which has little theoretical basis, Being Married, Doing Gender places case study material in the context of the power balance between women and men. Caroline Dryden finds that there are contradictions between stereotypical gender roles and the maintenance of an equal partnership that can cause problems for both women a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 A feminist psychological approach to marriage research; 2 A feminist biography of married couples; 3 Wives and the struggle to construct relational equality; 4 Husbands and the struggle to defend relational inequality; 5 Marital identity versus gender identity - a crisis for husbands; 6 The wasteland at the crossroads of a marriage: a husband's construction of a wife's insecurity; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index of Couples; Index of Names and Subjects
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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