Carmen Knudson-martin

Couples, Gender, and Power: Creating Change in Intimate Relationships Carmen Knudson-martin

Jacket Description/Back: """[A] comprehensive, critical, empirical, and practical compilation of investigations about how diverse couples are trying to implement change and pursue equality in their relationships."" -Katherine R. Allen, PhD Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University""[A] true gift to couple research?. The studies reported in this marvelously disciplined collection hold living implications for couples and their therapists."" -Evan Imber-Black Director, Center for Families and Health, Ackerman Institute for the Family 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. Written for mental health professionals and others interested in contemporary couple relationships, this research-based book shows how couples are able to move beyond the dangers of gendered inequality and the legacy of hidden male power. The book analyzes the relationships of couples from various racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The contributors present innovative clinical interventions, and suggest strategies therapists can use to help couples transform their relationships from being gender-based to equality-based. Explores these key issues: The risks of being in a relationship ruled by ""gender legacy"" behavior The differences between couples who get caught in gender legacy patterns and those who do not Gender-based patterns across the life cycle, including newly formed couples; early marriage; child-rearing; mothering and fathering Gendered power in couples dealing with illness; ethnic and racial differences; immigration and displacement issues "Table of Contents: Introduction Part I. How Gendered Power Undermines Relationships Chapter 1 Gender Equality in Relationships Chapter 2 The Social Context of Gendered Power Chapter 3 Capturing the Lived Experience of Couples: Our Research ProcessPart II. Intimacy, Gender, and Power Chapter 4 The Myth of Equality Chapter 5 Beyond Gender: The Processes of Relationship Equality Chapter 6 Carrying Equal Weight: Attunement and Responsibility Among Same Sex Couples Chapter 7 An Unequal Burden: Gendered Power in Diabetes CarePart III. Gendered Power and Parenting Chapter 8 Mothering: Innate Talent or Conscious Collaboration Chapter 9 Fathering: Disengagement or Responsiveness Chapter 10 Suffering in Silence: Idealized Motherhood and Postpartum DepressionPart IV. Transforming Power in Cultural Contexts Chapter 11 We-Consciousness: Creating Equality in Collectivist Culture Chapter 12 Pulling Together: African American Couples Manage Social Inequalities Chapter 13 Pushing the Gender Line: How Immigrant Couples Reconstruct Power Chapter 14 Keeping the Peace: Couple Relationships in Iran Chapter 15 Gender Discourse in Relationship Stories of Young AmericansPart IV: The Practice of Transcending Gendered Power Chapter 16 Relational Orientations: A Contextual Framework for Assessment and Practice Chapter 17 Addressing Gendered Power: A Guide for Practice Chapter 18 Gender and Power as a Fulcrum for Clinical ChangePublisher Marketing:"[A] comprehensive, critical, empirical, and practical compilation of investigations about how diverse couples are trying to implement change and pursue equality in their relationships." -Katherine R. Allen, PhD Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University"[A] true gift to couple research . The studies reported in this marvelously disciplined collection hold living implications for couples and their therapists." -Evan Imber-Black Director, Center for Families and Health, Ackerman Institute for the Family 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. Written for mental health professionals and others interested in contemporary couple relationships, this research-based book shows how couples are able to move beyond the dangers of gendered inequality and the legacy of hidden male power. The book analyzes the relationships of couples from various racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The contributors present innovative clinical interventions, and suggest strategies therapists can use to help couples transform their relationships from being gender-based to equality-based. Explores these key issues: The risks of being in a relationship ruled by "gender legacy" behavior The differences between couples who get caught in gender legacy patterns and those who do not Gender-based patterns across the life cycle, including newly formed couples; early marriage; child-rearing; mothering and fathering Gendered power in couples dealing with illness; ethnic and racial differences; immigration and displacement issues

Contributor Bio:  Knudson-Martin, Carmen Carmen Knudson-Martin is Professor and Director of the Ph. D. program in Marital and Family Therapy at Loma Linda University. She previously directed MFT masters programs at Montana State University and Valdosta State University in Georgia. She publishes widely on gender and cultural issues in couples and family therapy and is an associate editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and on the Board of the Family Process Institute. She earned a Ph. D. at the University of Southern California and is a licensed MFT. Contributor Bio:  Mahoney, Anne Rankin Anne Rankin Mahoney is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Denver, where she also served three years as Director of Women's Studies. Her current areas of interest are gender, women's studies, couple relationships, and family. She has written numerous articles in these areas as well as articles and a book on juvenile justice, entitled Juvenile Justice in Context. She earned her Ph. D. in sociology from Columbia University and her M. A. from Northwestern University.