The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations

A Critical Analysis of Central Concepts

1st Edition - November 20, 1985
Editors: Richard D. Ashmore, Frances K. Del Boca
Language: English
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The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations: A Critical Analysis of Central Concepts covers the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals in social interaction and explicitly considers women and men in relation to one another - as individuals, as representatives of social categories, and as significant social groups. Chapter One lays out the parameters of the social psychology of female-male relations. Chapter Two contains two major insights: that gender identity is a complex, multifaceted construct and that the structure and degree of differentiation of gender identity develop and change over the life course. Chapters Three and Four present a relatively general cognitive social-psychological framework for two important constructs, sex stereotypes and gender-related attitudes. Chapter Five offers a critique of analyses that explain the behavior of women and men in close, personal relationships in terms of sex differences in the individual dispositions of the participants. Chapter Six presents a strong and straightforward critique of the current usage of the term sex role to describe a global set of behavioral prescriptions that apply to all women and to all men. Chapter Seven presents a comprehensive review of research on gender-related patterns of behavior in task groups that cannot be found elsewhere. The concluding chapter summarizes points made in earlier chapters and offers a set of notes toward a theory of female-male relations. Social scientists (especially, psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists) doing research on women, on men, or on women and men in relationships or in social interaction.

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Chapter One

Toward a Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations

Introduction

The Context of This Book

Framework for a Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations

References

Part One. Gender and the individual

Chapter Two. Gender Identity: Development and Consequences

Introduction: Definitions and Concepts

Infancy

Early and Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood

Developmental Course of Gender Identity: A Summary

Are There Other Gender Identities Possible besides Masculine and Feminine?

References

Chapter Three. Gender Stereotypes

Introduction

Research Assessing Gender Stereotypes

A Cognitive-Social-Psychological Framework for the Construct, Gender Stereotype

The Structure of Gender Stereotypes

The Process Issues of Gender Stereotypes

Concluding Note

References

Chapter Four. Gender-Related Attitudes

Introduction

What's Been Done: Assessing Attitudes and Demonstrating Evaluation Bias

A Framework for Conceptualizing Gender-Related Attitudes

Content-Structure Issues Concerning Gender-Related Attitudes

Process Issues Concerning Gender-Related Attitudes

Where Do We Go from Here?

References

Part Two. Gender and Interpersonal Relationships

Chapter Five. Women and Men in Personal Relationships

Introduction

Toward a Framework for the Social-Psychological Analysis of Personal Relationships

The Causal Contexts of Gender-Related Patterns in Personal Relationships

A Critical Analysis of the Accumulated Literature on Women and Men in Personal Relationships

Concluding Comments

References

Chapter Six. Men and Women in Role Relationships

Introduction

The Concept of Social Role

The Concept of Gender Role

Three Major Social Roles

Comparisons among Roles

Interactions among Roles

Consequences of Roles

Conclusions

References

Chapter Seven. Women and Men in Task Groups

Introduction

Research on Groups without Designated Leaders

Research on Groups with Designated Leaders

Leader Selection

Conclusions and Future Directions

References

Chapter Eight. Male-Female Relations: A Summing Up and Notes toward a Social-Psychological Theory

Introduction

From Here to There: Emerging Themes and Directions

Notes toward a Social-Psychological Theory of Male-Female Relations

What Will Be (?)

References

Author Index

Subject Index