Who benefits most from romantic relationships and who bears the burdens?
Abstract
Heterogeneity in romantic relationship research highlights the need for research exploring how factors such as cultural contexts and socialized norms influence benefits differentially experienced by people of any gender: Both benefits and costs should be assessed. Understanding the burdens of roles generally assumed by women can promote social change to decrease gendered disparities and to improve romantic relationships.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Volume
- 49
- Pages
- e98–e98
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN