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For this thesis, my aim was to deconstruct the notion of heterosexual love in order to question if and how current stories of love are involved in producing gender inequality. Using discourse analysis, informed by feminist theory, I analysed, in detail, qualitative interviews wi…

Although there is a large literature on infidelity, there are methodological problems with many of the studies. Typically, researchers have employed unmarried, undergraduate females. Little attention has been paid to psychological variables, and minority populations have been ig…

This dissertation followed the two-manuscript model and includes the following manuscripts: (1) A review of masculine ideals within cultural groups, with a specific focus on highlighting consequences of masculine gender role norms across cultures. (2) An empirical study that exa…

The present study explored how clinicians, who acknowledged having a personal experience with infidelity (i.e., perpetrator or victim), viewed a hypothetical patient in treatment with infidelity issues using a self-made Countertransference Questionnaire. It also investigated cli…

This research explored the healing process for African American women who experienced infidelity in their monogamous relationship. The literature examined the journey of African American relationships from slavery and how those experiences have led to a culture with its own uniq…

The objectives of this project related to the attitudes of Black male pastors toward unauthorized intimate activities were three-fold: The participants would identify their participation in unauthorized intimate activities, identify them as wrong, and indicate a desire to stop. …