Likewise, the nature of a relationship triangle is influenced by gender related behaviour. Carter illustrates the different ways a therapist might view a triangle with and without the feminist lens. The triangle of a husband in a distant position, with his wife and mother in conflict, would be viewed by a feminist Bowenian therapist as 'a case of two women bumping into each other as each tries to carry out her family responsibilities in the face of the man's withdrawal' (Carter et al., 1988).