Comments on: It’s Complicated. The Shape of Relationships today. http://www.drwendywalsh.com/blog/2009/11/its-complicated-the-shape-of-relationships-today/ Psychology of Human Attachment Blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:21:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Joe Chambers http://www.drwendywalsh.com/blog/2009/11/its-complicated-the-shape-of-relationships-today/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Joe Chambers Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:20:49 +0000 http://www.drwendywalsh.com/blog/?p=462#comment-789 Dramatic comment about women Dramatic comment about women

]]> By: Tim http://www.drwendywalsh.com/blog/2009/11/its-complicated-the-shape-of-relationships-today/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Tim Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:10 +0000 http://www.drwendywalsh.com/blog/?p=462#comment-465 Like Social Media has affected our communication -- nearly everything is now communicated in 140 word (or less) sound bites, relationships, by your analysis, are or have undergone the same truncation. We've previously explored the role of feminism in this change, increasing freedoms allowed women to exhibit more traditionally male characteristics (hooking up, cougarism, children out of wedlock due to economic freedom) The question I believe isn't what caused these changes, but rather how to develop the skills to have emotionally valuable relationships in light of the new paradigm. You've explored the shift in gender roles, the role of compassion, the invaluable skills of compassion, but much like the Social Media Tools (Yammer, Twitter, Facebook), descriptions of the tools doesn't help until they are put into practice. How do you teach someone to use those skills and to develop the talents in a way that they are accepted and valued by the right partner? Like Social Media has affected our communication — nearly everything is now communicated in 140 word (or less) sound bites, relationships, by your analysis, are or have undergone the same truncation.

We’ve previously explored the role of feminism in this change, increasing freedoms allowed women to exhibit more traditionally male characteristics (hooking up, cougarism, children out of wedlock due to economic freedom)

The question I believe isn’t what caused these changes, but rather how to develop the skills to have emotionally valuable relationships in light of the new paradigm.

You’ve explored the shift in gender roles, the role of compassion, the invaluable skills of compassion, but much like the Social Media Tools (Yammer, Twitter, Facebook), descriptions of the tools doesn’t help until they are put into practice. How do you teach someone to use those skills and to develop the talents in a way that they are accepted and valued by the right partner?

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