Social Relationship and Social Process
The preceding section considered privacy regulation in individual cultures. As suggested earlier (see Figure I), one can also examine specific social relationships, such as husbands and wives or in-laws. In this section we examine privacy in three types of bonds: (a) peripheral relationships, such as strangers and acquaintances; (b) more extensive bonds, such as in-laws; and (c) close relationships, between husbands and wives and parents and children.