Intimate Strangers: Men and Women TogetherExplains the psychological and developmental factors in the difference between women and men and their effects on adult relationships, discussing intimacy, sexuality, dependency, work, parenting, and other crucial issues of being together. |
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... marriage requires . There are acceptable ways of maintaining separation and distance , of protecting against vulnerability and intrusion . Before the marriage , too , expec- tations remain somewhat restrained ; fears , feelings , needs ...
... marriage requires . There are acceptable ways of maintaining separation and distance , of protecting against vulnerability and intrusion . Before the marriage , too , expec- tations remain somewhat restrained ; fears , feelings , needs ...
Page 124
... married again " ; some unequivocally : " I've done that trip , no more marriage for me . " However it was said , the message was clear : For some significant proportion of the women I met , marriage had at least as many costs as ...
... married again " ; some unequivocally : " I've done that trip , no more marriage for me . " However it was said , the message was clear : For some significant proportion of the women I met , marriage had at least as many costs as ...
Page 125
... married twenty - three years ago , snapped angrily : Damnit . Why are women the ones who have to make that choice ? A man can be a whole person and still have a home and marriage and all the goodies that go with having a wife . But for ...
... married twenty - three years ago , snapped angrily : Damnit . Why are women the ones who have to make that choice ? A man can be a whole person and still have a home and marriage and all the goodies that go with having a wife . But for ...
Contents
1 The Changing Dream | 1 |
2 New Roles New Rules | 16 |
3 The Child Within | 38 |
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