Re-writing the rules : an anti self-help guide to love, sex and relationships / Meg-John Barker.

  • Barker, Meg-John, 1974-
Date:
2018
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Rewriting the rules
Anti self-help guide to love, sex and relationships

Description

"We live in a time of uncertainty about relationships. We search for The One but find ourselves staying single because nobody measures up. We long for a happily-ever-after but break-up after break-up leave us bruised and confused. Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships is a friendly guide through the complicated - and often contradictory - advice that's given about sex and gender, monogamy and conflict, break-up and commitment. It asks questions about the rules of love, such as which to choose from all the rules on offer? Do we stick to the old rules we learnt growing up, or do we try something new and risk being out on our own? And what about the times when the rules we love by seem to make things worse, rather than better? This new edition, updated throughout, considers how the rules are being 'rewritten' in various ways - for example in monogamish and polyamorous relationships, different ways of understanding sex and gender, and new ideas for managing commitment and break-up where economics, communities, or child-care make complete separation impossible. This book considers how the rules are being rewritten in various ways, giving you the power to find an approach that best fits your situation."

Publication/Creation

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Physical description

xix, 382 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition

2nd Edition.

Notes

First edition published 2012.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-366) and index.

Contents

Rewriting the rules -- Rewriting the rules of yourself -- Rewriting the rules of love -- Rewriting the rules of sex -- Rewriting the rules of gender -- Rewriting the rules of monogamy -- Rewriting the rules of conflict -- Rewriting the rules of break-up -- Rewriting the rules of commitment -- Rewriting your rules.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    TPJ /BAR
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781138043589
  • 1138043583
  • 9781138043596
  • 1138043591