Couples
hideCouples is a 1968 novel by John Updike which focuses on a promiscuous circle of married friends in the fictional Boston suburb of Tarbox. Much of the novel (which takes place in 1963) concerns the efforts of its characters to balance the pressures of Protestant sexual mores against increasingly flexible American attitudes toward sex in the 1960s. The book suggests that this relaxation may have been driven by the development of birth control and the opportunity to enjoy what one character refers to as "the post-pill paradise." Its publication created a mild scandal and elicited a cover story in TIME magazine.
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Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.
HIV uses several strategies to escape immune pressure
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Sep 19, 2009 |
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A study of how HIV mutates in response to immune system pressure by Emory Vaccine Center researchers shows that the virus can take several escape routes, not one preferred route.
Christian couples staying faithful online
Sep 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lance Maggiacomo was out of work, bored and lonely when he started hiding his online relationships from his wife.
There was no affair, only chatting through e-mail, yet it felt like cheating just the same.
Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilization
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Canada should extend universal health coverage to fund in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, writes Dr. Renda Bouzayen, Division Head, Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility, Dalhousie University ...
Couples who cohabit before engagement are more likely to struggle
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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University of Denver (DU) researchers find that couples who live together before they are engaged have a higher chance of getting divorced than those who wait until they are married to live together, or at least wait until ...
Study shows gay couples want legal rights, regardless of marriage
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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New research from North Carolina State University shows that gay and lesbian couples are forming long-term, committed relationships, even in the absence of the right to marry. However, couples surveyed for the study overwhelmingly ...
Opposites attract -- how genetics influences humans to choose their mates
May 25, 2009 |
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New light has been thrown on how humans choose their partners, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today. Professor Maria da Graça Bicalho, head of the Immunogenetics and ...
Gender roles cemented in popular therapy
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May 05, 2009 |
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In recent years a slew of books and TV programs have been produced on the theme of couples. Popular therapists give advice about the art of succeeding as a couple. The sociologist Sara Eldén at Lund University in Sweden ...
Seven-year itch? Boredom can hurt a marriage
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate.
Americans ambivalent toward single-parent families
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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The increase in single-parent families was a dramatic social change of the 20th century. However, relatively little is known about the evolution of attitudes toward single-parent families. A new study in the Journal of Ma ...
Why you may lose that loving feeling after tying the knot
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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Dating couples whose dreams include marriage would do well to step back and reflect upon the type of support they'll need from their partners when they cross the threshold, a new Northwestern University study suggests.
New research shows children take a toll on marital bliss
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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What married couples have suspected for years is now proven by researchers at the University of Denver (DU) and Texas A&M - children can add problems and stress to a marriage. According to an eight-year study of 218 couples, ...
Parents' sexuality influences adoption choices
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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A couple's sexual orientation determines whether or not they prefer to adopt a boy or a girl. Gay men are more likely to have a gender preference for their adopted child whereas heterosexual men are the least likely. What's ...
Marriage's effect on lesbian and gay couples studied
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Mar 17, 2009 |
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Legal recognition of same-sex relationships, including marriage, influences how gay and lesbian baby boomers prepare for late life and end of life issues. Unmarried same-sex couples may suffer greater fear and anxiety around ...
Families are feeling the stress of economic crisis, researcher finds
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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There is no question that the recent economic crisis has wreaked havoc on companies and on families across the country. Now, a recent study of 300 married, working couples conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor ...
