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Gender Roles Final Flashcards

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Triangular Theory of Love

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Sternberg’s Theory of Love

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Sternberg’s Theory of Love

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Passion: Attraction
Intimacy: Attachment
Commitment: Relationship/Marriage

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7 “types” of Love

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  1. Liking (Intimacy)
  2. Infatuation (Passion)
  3. Empty Love (Commitment)
  4. Romantic Love (Passion+Intimacy)
  5. Companionate Love (Intimacy+Commitment)
  6. Fatuous (Passion+Commitment)
  7. Consummate Love (Passion+Intimacy+Commitment)
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Development of Friendships (Young Children

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  • gender segregation
  • cross-gender play until 3+ years
  • responsive/sharing reserved for same-sex friends
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Development of Friendships (Elementary School)

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  • Very strong gender segregation (bullying if lines are crossed)
  • Choice of activities contributes to segregation (Boys: larger groups, outdoors/ Girls: seek & value intimacy)
  • Typical gendered “styles” develop (Girls: talk, Boys: games/sports)
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Development of Friendships (Adolescence)

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  • Pre-adolescent friendships important to create intimacy/establish commitment without sexual contact
  • Intimacy increases
  • Men avoid intimate male friendships
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Adult Friendships

No differences between genders

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  • Number of friends (mean usually 9)
  • Importance of friendships
  • Time spent with friends
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Adult Friendships

Differences between genders

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  • “Categorization” of friends
  • Females more likely to clearly distinguish best friend, friends, not friend
  • Females have firm cliques
  • Men still more likely to do activities vs talking
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How many single people have a best friend?

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  • 75% of single women
  • 33% of single men
  • Both genders more likely to name woman as best friend
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3 Main Gender Differences

Men

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  • friendships more instrumental (a way to accomplish something
  • friends who do the same thing
  • “compartment” friends (good for particular activity)
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3 Main Gender Differences

Women

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  • friendships more communal (all members involved)
  • friends who agree on personal values
  • “holistic” friends (good for everything)
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Similarities between genders

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  • Trustworthiness and authenticity most important
  • Seek intimacy and support in friendship
  • Egalitarianism in status and power is important
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Flexibility of Styles

Cross-Sex Friendships

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  • men find emotional intimacy easier with women
  • women can be “one of the boys” by having activity-based friendships with men
  • “feminine” men and “masculine” women more likely to have cross-sex friendships
  • deviate from stereotypes about friendships and cross-gender relationships
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Sapadin (1988): 156 professionals rated the quality and intimacy of cross vs. same-sex friendships

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  • women say same-sex friendships higher in both

- men say cross-sex friendships higher in both

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4 obstacles of cross-sex friendships

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  • Emotional bond (platonic or romantic)
  • Sexual challenge (determining sexual interest)
  • Equity challenge (equal power or status)
  • Audience challenge (false external views of friendship)
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“Error management theory” (An Evolutionary Approach)

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  • better for male to assume sexual interest because if he doesn’t it definitely won’t happen
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An Evolutionary Approach

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  • men more likely to flirt in friendships
  • men more likely to mistake casual smile by women as sexual interest (if woman is attractive, men thinks he is attractive)
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Compared to women, men:

Bleske-Rechek & Buss (2001)

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  • judged sexual attraction/desire for sex important for initiating cross-sex friends
  • reported preference for sexual attractiveness when selecting cross-sex friends
  • thought lack of sex more important for dissolving cross-sex friendship
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Bleske & Buss (2000)

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  • Me perceived sex with cross-sex friends more beneficial than women
  • Women reported receiving protection from their cross-sex friends more than men
  • Both reported getting info from cross-sex friends about how to attract partners
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Sex in Friendships

Afifi & Faulkner (2000)

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  • 51% of college students had sex with a platonic, OSF without dating or interested in dating
  • 56% sex with more than one
  • 67% sex improved relationship

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