FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP AND THE STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS

This article explores intersections between research on personal and s ocial relationships, on the one hand, and feminist study, on the other . Focused on the means and effects of social constructions of gender, feminist enquiry clarifies how gender affects interaction processes an d participants' and researchers' interpretations of them. This article outlines key facets of feminist scholarship and shows how they comple ment, extend and revise research on relationships.