ABSTRACT
This chapter recognises the ubiquity of dyads and dyadic relationships across different domains of human knowledge in order to establish the relevance of a bi-relational approach to wicked problems. The chapter illustrates the ubiquity of dyads across many domains of knowledge in which wicked problems arise. This establishment of dyads and dyadic relationships as a ubiquitous heuristic lays a foundation for the book's original theory of bi-relational development. The dyadic contestations represent wicked problems inasmuch as they play out in socially complex and dynamic contexts and involve sweepingly significant conceptualisations of, and approaches to, mental health and well-being. The reconciliation of dyadic constituents poses many wicked problems that play out in the domain of higher education in a neoliberal milieu. Numerous wicked problems, such as domestic violence, body image disorders, gay marriage, and the ordination of women priests, abortion and contraception have a gendered dimension that is inextricably linked to dyadic ways of knowing and being masculine and/or/nor feminine.
