Tensions of Marriage: Love, Cooperation, Capitulation, Annihilation.
This paper addresses the inevitable conflicts endemic to couple relationships. These conflicts are a manifestation of the mutual subjugation experienced by all couples engaged in an ongoing intimate relationship. The author describes this universal dimension of the life of a couple, applying what Og...
| Published in: | Clinical Social Work Journal Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 100 - 112 |
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Mar2013
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