Issues
- Financial
- Emotional
- Extended family issues/responsibilities
- Social pressure (Starting a family, Material possessions, Lifestyle)
- Unsatisfactory sexual relationships
- Second relationship strains
- Step-Family Issues
How Men and Women approach marital problems
- Men are more into dealing with facts and wanting “instant” solutions
- Women are more likely to talk about their feelings and to take a broader view
of their problems
- Men are more likely to say, “my wife doesn't understand me and I don't understand
her”
- Men are more likely to be quiet or almost silent and the woman to be more talkative
- Men are often confused about their role and her role
- Men often expect their female partners to put them first, but men often seem
to put their partners at the bottom of the priority list
- Men often deal with conflict either by fighting or by running away from the conflict
(Source: Men in the Family Conference. John Chambers: Relate, Parents Advice
Centre)
Men and Women living together
- There is very little information or statistics on issues relating to men and
women living together in long term relationships but who are not married.
- There are many unresolved issues with regard to this category, some of which
are, succession, inheritance and property rights, visitation right at hospital
and parental responsibility and access to sub-fertility treatment.
Same sex partnerships
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual groups report barriers to accessing essential
services, due to the fact that some organisations for example, healthcare and
housing do not recognise same-sex partners as being 'family'.
- For same-sex partnerships, see link to Sexual Orientation
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