The authors introduce a gender-focused perspective on divorce. They note that men and women are treated unequally in marital separation; identify and point out how three normative, gender-specific developmental patterns place women in vulnerable positions during marital breakup; and present treatment interventions that are growth producing and mobilizing to women during marital crisis.
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