Topic: Sexuality and Society

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Cancian (1986) and Duncombe and Marsden (1993) point to vastly different approaches to love by men and women in intimate relationships. How relevant are such gendered constructions of love in intimate relationships in the 21st century?

(Francesca Cancian (1986) “The feminisization of love”, Signs, Volume 11, Number 4, pp. 692-709)
(Duncombe, J. & Marsden, D. (1993) ‘Love and intimacy: the gender division of emotion and ’emotion work’: A neglected aspect of sociological discussion of heterosexual relationships’, Sociology, Volume 27, Number 2, May.)