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MARS AND VENUS: UNEQUAL PLANETS
Author(s) -
Zimmerman Toni Schindler,
Haddock Shelley A.,
McGeorge Christine R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2001.tb01139.x
Subject(s) - venus , mars exploration program , thematic analysis , planet , power (physics) , astrobiology , psychology , key (lock) , sociology , gender studies , social science , computer science , qualitative research , physics , astronomy , computer security , quantum mechanics
Self‐help books, a pervasive and influential aspect of society, can have a beneficial or detrimental effect on the therapeutic process. This article describes a thematic analysis and feminist critique of the best‐selling self‐help book, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. This analysis revealed that the author's materials are inconsistent with significant family therapy research findings and key principles of feminist theories. His descriptions of each gender and his recommendations for improving relationships serve to endorse and encourage power differentials between women and men.