Sentences with phrase «norms around relationships»

Not exact matches

Relationship anarchy is not about never committing to anything — it's about designing your own commitments with the people around you, and freeing them from norms dictating that certain types of commitments are a requirement for love to be real, or that some commitments like raising children or moving in together have to be driven by certain kinds of feelings.

Since we'll be living longer, more than one serious relationship over a lifetime will be the norm, with a wave of second and third time around daters in their 60s and 70s come 2050.

The exhibition's title is informed by Michael Warner's concept of «counterpublics,» which are communities that form around relationships in conflict with the standards and norms of their existing environment.

Focusing on critique of norms and power relationships, the journal provides an international forum for articles reporting on original research, theoretical pieces and review essays from around the world.

The process of making amends and what must be in place for the process to effectively unfold [24:35] How does shame affect our ability to feel and express remorse, and why doing inner work around our shame is essential preparatory work for rebuilding relationships [27:40] Healing relationships by working with our 4 R's: resentments, respects, regrets, requests [30:33] The willingness to be vulnerable and why emotional responsiveness plays an essential role [31:16] How masculine and feminine typologies, expectations, and gender norms affect our expressions of vulnerability, and how to unpack what lies beneath [34:28] Differences in communication styles between the masculine and feminine poles of a relationship, and how communication styles affect not only our primary relationships, but our familiar relationships and friendships, too.

Infidelity — cheating, being unfaithful, or what researchers would describe as «couple members» violations of relationship norms regarding exclusivity» — clearly can cause negative emotions such as feelings of betrayal, hurt, and jealousy.1 With spring break (at American colleges and universities) just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to discuss how relationship commitment affects the likelihood of infidelity when partners are geographically separated and tempted by the fruit of another.

For many couples, an emotionally distant status quo sets in, becoming the norm of the relationship (sadly, many couples simply accept this and adjust their lives and relationship around this distance).

Mothers seem to specifically have a difficult time maintaining adult relationships with their adult children because so much about the gender norm of being a successful woman revolves around being a good mother and having successful children.

Couple Spotlight: Meet Joan and Frank (and how an old song turned their marriage around) To say that Joan and Frank were constantly arguing is an understatement — marital conflict and relationship problems had become the norm, and to adapt to this painful reality, the couple simply started avoiding one another.