Dysfunctional Detectives and Romantic P.I.s: Impediments to the Happy Marriage of Mystery and Romance

Publication year
2000
Journal
Clues: A Journal of Detection
Volume
21.1
Pages
61-72
Comment

At the time of writing, Clues back-issues were only available to 2004. However, I did find a list of abstracts (linked to from here), in which this article is described as follows:

Dysfunctional Detectives and Romantic P.I.s: Impediments to the Happy Marriage of Mystery and Romance
Anne K. Kaler
Clues 21.1 (2000 Sp/S) pp. 61–72
The premise is made that the female detective’s role, having to reconcile the opposite quests of being rescuer
and rescued, is dysfunctional. One reason is because women favor the right side of the brain, making them
more intuitive and romantic than men who, working out of the left side, are logical and hard.