Freda Cruse Atwell

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Freda Cruse Atwell, born Freda Gail Cruse,(born October 21, 1957) is leading social psychologist theorist, political advisor and author. In 1984 she was named one of America's Outstanding Young Women, an honor presented her by then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Publications 4 External links

Biography

Born Freda Gail Cruse, October 21, 1957 in Mountain View, Arkansas to a prominent bootlegger and 'politician' Lonnie Edward "Senator" "Ed" Cruse. She is the youngest of three children. Weaned on politics she left Arkansas at the age of seventeen and began studies at the Univeristy of California, San Diego, located in La Jolla, California. Jack D. Douglas, Sociology professor, became her mentor and friend when at the age of twenty she found herself alone as a divorced mother. Her work into the arena of deviant human behavior, especially sexual deviance, has lead to a number of reseach projects and publications with Jack D. Douglas. She returned home to Arkansas in 1987 due to her father's failing health, taking over his political role in Northwest Arkansas and beginning a seventeen year career in social work with the Arkansas Department of Human Services. A FOB (Friend of Bill) she worked on both his Gubertorial campaign and his campaign for Presidency. Her initiation into politics began with the Presidential campaign of Colorado Senator Gary Hart. Her expertise in sexual deviance both personal, politically and professionally has lead her in the direction of her current work, a novel based on the facts of her life, fictionalized, centering around the political back room dealings of the good ole boy system. As her father said "it's not who you know, but what you know on who."

Personal life

Atwell has been married three times. She was married to real estate tycoon, Ivan C Gayler from 1976 to 1980; they separated only two years into the marriage, leaving her with a toddler daughter enrolled as a student at the Univeristy of California, San Diego, where she met Jack D Douglas who became her mentor and lifelong friend. They have one daughter, Mariah Gayler, born 1976. Her second marriage was to nobel prize nominee nuclear scientist Thomas L Atwell, from 1981 to 1987. They have one daughter, Nikki Lee Atwell, born 1982 (deceased 2002; see Nikki Lee Atwell Foundation www.nlaf.org). Her third marriage was to E.P. Rainey heir, Charles R Phillips, Jr. from 1988 to 2004. They have one daughter Connie Phillips.

Publications

LOVE, INTIMACY AND SEX

According to Douglas and Atwell the greatest value of social science comes from providing a general model which systematically reveals how the discernable truths of a given object of study interact. After first determining these basic assumptions and identifying a suitable methodology, social scientists can then concentrate on building upon this paradigm. In Love, Intimacy and Sex the authors aim to provide just such a systematic scientific model of love, intimacy and sex - a necessary beginning for any successful attempt to understand the vastly complex particulars of sex in modern society.

They contend that modern sexual views -- influenced by relativism and pop-Freudianism -- have grossly distorted contemporary views of love. Their provocative work is a creative reformulisation of past research with extensive examples of case studies from life and literature which extend our knowledge of bonding, unbonding, and rebonding in relationships. A fascinating reappraisal of love, it is a thought-provoking commentary for both professionals and advanced students in the area of interpersonal relations.

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Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Interpersonal relations. Love. Intimacy (Psychology) Sex.

LC Control No.: 87020658 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Main Title: Love, intimacy, and sex / Jack D. Douglas and Freda Cruse Atwell Published/Created: Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1988.

Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 

ISBN 0803926057

0803926065 (pbk.) 

Notes: Bibliography: p. 292-303. Subjects: Interpersonal relations.

Love. 
Intimacy (Psychology) 
Sex. 

Series: Sociological observations ; 20 LC Classification: HM132 .D69 1988 Dewey Class No.: 306.7 19 Electronic File Information: Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/87020658-d.html

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