Modern Couples? - Continuity and Change in Heterosexual Relationships

Have heterosexual relationships become more intimate and equal over the past forty years? This book is essentially a qualitative empirical investigation of the changes and continuities posited within the debate, which evaluates existing work and details the findings of van Hooff''s research into the relationships of two generations of heterosexual couples. It provides the reader with a grounded interpretation of the evidence, questioning to what extent lived reality has matched the rhetoric within contemporary relationships.