“Hookups,” or uncommitted sexual encounters, are becoming progressively more engrained
in popular culture, reflecting both evolved sexual predilections and changing social and …

Recognition of sexual and gender diversity in the 21st century challenges normative
assumptions of intimacy that privilege heterosexual monogamy and the biological family …

The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-
normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting …

We proposed that the premise that monogamy is the exemplary form of romantic partnership
underlies much theory and research on relationship quality, and we addressed how this bias …

The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in consensually non-monogamous
relationships. This article critically reviews current research and theory in this area, focusing …

Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and
contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an …

This article, a follow‐up on our methodological review of infidelity studies, provides a
substantive review of the research findings on infidelity in committed relationships. The aim …

In Undoing Monogamy Angela Willey offers a radically interdisciplinary exploration of the
concept of monogamy in US science and culture, propelled by queer feminist desires for …

" A man and woman are in an open relationship. They have agreed that having sexual
partners outside of their relationship is permissible. One night, when her partner is in …

Infidelity is perhaps the most complex issue encountered by couple therapists. Although
clinical literature, opinion, and speculation on this topic are abundant, research literature is …