Hermeneutic Labor: The Gendered Burden of Interpretation in Intimate Relationships between Women and Men | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Ellie Andersoncambridge.org
Hermeneutic Labor: The Gendered Burden of Interpretation in Intimate Relationships between Women and Men | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
I look at it, certainly, inside relationships and how we reconcile these two fundamental needs that often spring from different sources and pull us in different directions. And I also think that love and desire belong, a little bit, to both of these sets of human needs, as well. So they relate, and they also conflict. And herein lies the mys
... See moreToday, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity. At the same time, we expect our committed relationships to be romantic as well as emotionally and sexually fulfilling. Is it any wonder that so many relationships crumble under the weight of it all?