Browsing: relationships

Fifty years ago, I started thinking about the demand for women to look a certain way and the rebellions against the narrow ways in which we…

Jess never dreamed that she was going to get sick, nor did she consider what it would mean for her love life if she did. When…

Two in five teenagers in intimate relationships say they have experienced emotional or physical abuse, including control, pressure or violence, according to a survey in England…

For months after her relationship ended, Anna* couldn’t stop thinking about him.Each morning she’d wake with a jolt of grief; an intense, almost physical feeling that…

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature…

Your editorial about new ideas in social work (3 September) was right to highlight the power of building relationships rather than pushing people through disconnected services.…

Two women who conceived their eldest children while they were in violent and controlling relationships have lost a legal challenge to the rules around the two-child…

Secondary school pupils in England are to be taught about “incel” culture and the links between pornography and misogyny as part of long-awaited statutory government guidance…

The secret to a good relationship may be staring smartphone users in the face.A new study published in the journal Plos One found that using emojis…

Got something to say sorry for? Here are words that have no place in your apologies, according to those who have spent years analysing them: “It…