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“People are desperate for intimacy”: ‘Intimacy Urgencies’ and ‘Doing Trust’—How do Grindr users Respond to Risks of Violence in Contemporary India?
This article is situated within larger research on crime and queer intimate economy in contemporary India. Specifically, the article focuses on how...
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The Dialectic Nature of Sexual Intimacy in Talmudic Literature
Sexual intimacy in traditional Judaism is frequently discussed in a nearly contradictory manner. While sexuality is described as a religious ideal it...
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Context of Trust in Physicians in Singapore: The Roles of Professional Intimacy, Physician Sexual Orientation, and Patient Sex
While the general public tends to place trust in medical professionals, little is known about their perceptions of homosexual physicians. Homosexual...
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Sexual Intimacy—Intersections Between Material and Social
Dynamics related to intimacy, sexuality in LATT relationships, and diverse ways of co** are the focus of this chapter. How do these couples view...
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Sexual health and intimacy in women with and without Dyspareunia
Despite growing studies on dyspareunia, there is still disagreement on the relation between dyspareunia and sexual health, especially with intimacy....
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The Effects of Self-esteem, Traditional Gender Roles, and Gender on Reward, Intimacy, and Enhancement as Motivations for Sexual Relations
Motivations for sexual relations between partners can be affected by personal and social factors (e.g., culture). These motivations can be distinct...
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Sexual intimacy and relationship happiness in living apart together, cohabiting, and married relationships: evidence from Britain
Research on relationship happiness have traditionally compared cohabiting and married relationships. Studies including LAT relationships are scarce...
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Intimacy, Anonymity, and “Care with Nothing in the Way” on an Abortion Hotline
This essay is an ethnographic account of a volunteer, anonymous hotline of physicians and advanced practice providers who offer medical advice and...
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Changes in Intimacy and Sexuality During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of Data from a Survey on Partnered Individuals in Eight European Countries
This qualitative study explores experiences of intimacy and sexuality during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic of 3357 participants from...
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Doing Intimacy While Being Apart: Practices of Mobile Intimacy, Emotion and Filial Piety
Building on D. Morgan’s concept of ‘family practices’ as I discussed in Chap. 4 , this chapter is primarily...
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Unravelling Pakistani women’s perspective on marital intimacy and consent
The notion of “marital rape” continues to be veiled and subject to controversy within the patriarchal society of Pakistan. There exists a commonly...
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Doing Intimacy Differently—An Emerging Trend: Living Apart Together Transnationally (LATT) Couples
The first chapter focusses on the intersection between intimacy and distance, mainly when the partners are located across nations, through a newly...
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Exploring Intimacy and Distance—A Theoretical Framework
The 2nd chapter sets out an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to explore LATT couples, drawing on decolonising psychology frame (Kessi, 2016;...
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“It Strengthened My Core Relationships, and Filtered Out the Rest:” Intimacy Communication During COVID-19
Informed by scripting theories and Relational Dialectics Theory, this qualitative study used interviews, focus groups, and friendship pods conducted...
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Overcoming Barriers to Intimacy Through Humour, Alcohol and the Disembodied Nature of Online Spaces
Destabilising Masculinism explores how two generations of relatively privileged Australian men have navigated the complex terrain of same-gender...
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Practising Family, Intimacy and Caste: Narratives of Dalit Women in Non-endogamous Marriages
This article explores the complex socialities of non-endogamous marriages beyond the moments of opposition and violence. It focuses on the...
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Challenges Faced by Older Vietnamese Women in Managing Relational Intimacy
This chapter reviews and discusses changes in Vietnam’s economy, household structure, as they affect the roles and relationships of women, especially...
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Avoiding Intimacy—An Ethnographic Study of Beneficent Boundaries in Virtual Voluntary Social Work
Within the rich literature on volunteering, the topic of volunteer–user interaction and the mechanisms causing or mitigating inequality in this...
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Detraditionalisation and Retraditionalisation of Family Lives: Gender, Marriage and Intimacy
This chapter provides an overview of theoretical discussions that this research has engaged with, such as those around Western notions of modernity,...
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Sex Differences in Intimacy Levels in Best Friendships and Romantic Partnerships
Objectives Close romantic and friendship relationships are crucial for successful survival and reproduction. Both provide emotional support that can...
