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Romantic comedies are ideally positioned to explore changes in the relation between the sexes. Amid an atmosphere of laughter and gaiety, they test the flexibility of traditional gender hierarchies, ponder the compatibility of professional success and emotional fulfillment, and seek to police the boundary between intimacy and violence.
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© 2011 Susanne Kord and Elisabeth Krimmer
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Kord, S., Krimmer, E. (2011). Lovers: Men, Women, and Gender Equality. In: Kord, S., Krimmer, E. (eds) Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137016218_9
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