Intimate relationships can evoke powerful emotions, including deep feelings of love, affection, and closeness.
They can also bring to light unpleasant memories and painful experiences from the...
Combat-Related Trauma and Sexual Desire
Sexual desire refers to an innate human instinct that motivates individuals towards mating behavior. This biological drive can be affected by various...
Sexual coercion is a form of nonconsensual sexual activity where one individual forces another into an unwanted sexual act through physical force, threats, manipulation, or emotional blackmail....
Repeated exposure to danger can have profound effects on a soldier's internal sense of safety, which may also be reflected in their behavior during sexual or emotional intimacy. Soldiers who are...
How do soldiers who experience transformative changes due to their military service reconcile these alterations with partners' expectations of relational continuity? This question is an important one...
I will discuss how soldiers interpret the emotional closeness they form under threat as either authentic or circumstantial. When soldiers are facing life-threatening situations, they may experience...
How does combat exposure influence sexual sensitivity, arousal patterns, and relational responsiveness?
Combat exposure refers to experiencing or witnessing intense trauma during military service,...
Suppression of Emotions During Missions
Suppressing emotional reactions can be an important survival strategy for military personnel during stressful situations such as combat operations.
This...
The article focuses on how military veterans and their partners communicate to maintain healthy levels of intimacy despite emotional struggles associated with combat trauma. Adaptive communication...
The term "gendered expectations" refers to societal norms and assumptions about appropriate behaviors for men and women in different contexts. In military hierarchies, these expectations can have...