Sex and Gender Differences in Personal RelationshipsChallenging the commonly held assumption that men and women hail from different psychological and social "planets, " this illuminating work reexamines what the empirical research really shows about how the sexes communicate in close relationships. The volume highlights evidence of similarities - as well as differences - between the two groups, and shows that stereotypical beliefs about men and women fail to predict their actual interaction behavior. A reasoned, provocative contribution to a significant area of study, this volume synthesizes important findings for researchers, scholars, and students in communication, social psychology, marriage and family studies, and gender studies. It is a useful primary or secondary text for undergraduate and graduate courses and will also be of interest to clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families. |
Contents
Moving Beyond Stereotypes | 1 |
Investigating Sex and Gender Differences in Personal Relationships | 4 |
A Flowchart Model Predicting Stereotypic Interaction Behavior | 15 |
Overview of the Project | 20 |
Conclusion | 23 |
Sex Gender and Emotion | 24 |
Methodological Concerns | 27 |
Research on Sex Gender and Emotion | 28 |
Sex Differences in Managing Interpersonal Conflict | 81 |
Displays of Control in Conversational Behaviors | 93 |
Relational Maintenance Behaviors | 100 |
Conclusion | 102 |
Division of Household Labor | 105 |
Amount and Type of Tasks | 108 |
Racial Considerations | 115 |
Explaining the Division of Labor | 118 |
Conclusion | 43 |
Communicating Intimacy | 47 |
Defining Intimacy | 48 |
Two Manifestations of Intimacy | 52 |
Friendships | 58 |
Romantic Involvements | 64 |
Sex Differences and Sex | 67 |
Conclusion | 72 |
Communicating Control | 74 |
Power and Powerful Behavior | 75 |
Sex Differences in Power Strategies | 76 |
Negotiating Couple Types and Gender Identity | 127 |
Signs of Increased Equity | 129 |
Conclusion | 132 |
Toward an ActivityBased View of Gender | 135 |
Gender as Clusters of Activities | 137 |
External Constraints on the Enactment of Gender in Personal Relationships | 156 |
Conclusion | 161 |
Notes | 163 |
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Sex and Gender Differences in Personal Relationships Daniel J. Canary,Tara M. Emmers-Sommer,Sandra Faulkner No preview available - 1997 |
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