Couples, Gender, and Power

by Knudson-Martin, Carmen, Ph.D.; Mahoney, Anne Rankin

• ISBN13: 9780826115218
• ISBN10: 0826115217
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-16
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

While numerous couples strive for equality in their relationships, many are unaware of the insidious ways in which gender and power still affect them-from their career choices to communication patterns, child-rearing, housework, and more.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. ii
Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
How Gendered Power Undermines Relationships
Gender Equality in Intimate Relationships	p. 3
The Social Context of Gendered Power	p. 17
Capturing the Lived Experience of Couples: Our Research Process	p. 31
Intimacy, Gender, and Power
The Myth of Equality	p. 43
Beyond Gender: The Processes of Relationship Equality	p. 63
Carrying Equal Weight: Relational Responsibility and Attunement Among Same-Sex Couples	p. 79
An Unequal Burden: Gendered Power in Diabetes Care	p. 105
Gendered Power and Parenting
Mothering: Innate Talent or Conscious Collaboration?	p. 127
Fathering: Disengaged or Responsive?	p. 149
Suffering in Silence: Idealized Motherhood and Postpartum Depression	p. 171
Transforming Power in Cultural Contexts
We-Consciousness: Creating Equality in Collectivist Culture	p. 193
Pulling Together: How African American Couples Manage Social Inequalities	p. 215
Pushing the Gender Line: How Immigrant Couples Reconstruct Power	p. 235
Keeping the Peace: Couple Relationships in Iran	p. 255
Gender Discourse in Relationship Stories of Young American Couples	p. 275
The Practice of Transcending Gendered Power
Relational Orientations: A Contextual Framework for Assessment and Practice	p. 297
Addressing Gendered Power: A Guide for Practice	p. 317
Gender and Power as a Fulcrum for Clinical Change	p. 337
Index	p. 361
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