Gender equality in intimate relationships : an exploratory study.

• Main Author: Ting, Samantha.
• Other Authors: Kwok Kian Woon Anthony
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44045
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

According to Giddens, the impact of modernity on social relations is significant. If the sphere of intimacy is increasingly ‘democratised’ as societies progress into late modernity, intimate relationships would progressively advocate principles of egalitarianism, autonomy and dialogue. This paper se...