discuss some of the factors that contribute to positive and negative social relationships.

Drawing explicitly from all five of the readings from weeks 8 & 9 (Johnson & Johnson, Jordan, Lorde, Gorringe & Belew), discuss the following question(s):
Based on the course materials noted above (and any others you find helpful), discuss some of the factors that contribute to positive and negative social relationships. You can incorporate your own values and ethics into the conception of “positive” and “negative” if it is helpful to you, as long as you also ground your discussion in the course materials.
Your citations may be either parenthetically in-text or in footnotes or endnotes. Citations should at minimum include the author and year (where applicable), and if quotations are used, the page number. Citations may conform to any disciplinary style you choose (e.g. ASA, APA, MLA).