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The authors explore the many ways that gender and communication intersect and affect each other. Every chapter encourages a consideration of how gender attitudes and practices, past and current, influence personal notions of what it means not only to be female and male, but feminine and masculine. The second edition of this student friendly and accessible text is filled with contemporary examples, activities, and exercises to help students put theoretical concepts into practice.
Contents
Part I1. Why We Study Gender CommunicationThe Gendered World: Where Would You Like to Go From Here?This is His- and Her-StoryExploring Gender TodayConceptual and Perceptual FoundationsDistinguishing Sex and GenderCommunication CulturesCommunication and Gender: Which is the Catalyst?The Merging of Communication and GenderCommunicating Our ConfusionChanging Communication ParadigmsMore Principles of Gendered CommunicationGendered Communication is DynamicGendered Communication is SystemicGendered Communication is PervasiveGendered Communication is LearnedReassessing Gender and Communication: Goals and Assumptions, Questions and QuandariesChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online2. Developing Gender Roles and IdentitiesGender Identity and the "I" of the BeholderTheories of Identity: Theoretical ApproachesBiology Matters: Biological Influences on GenderPsychology Matters: Psychological Influences on GenderSocial Roles Matter: Social Influences on GenderCulture Matters: Cultural Influences on GenderThe Development of Self-ConceptSelf-Image and Self-EsteemReflected Appraisal Theory and Self-ConceptSocial Learning Theory and Self-ConceptEducation and Self-ConceptMedia and Self-ConceptCulture and Self-ConceptComparing the Self-Concepts of Males and FemalesReassessing Gender and Identity: Exploring Alternative Self-OrientationsChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online3. Verbal Styles of Gendered ExpressionLanguage in Our LivesLanguage and Its UsesThe Language-Thought-Behavior RelationshipThe Power of LanguageWords and Gender Perceptions: Can We Move Beyond Stereotypes?The Effects of Language SocializationSexist Language and The Shaping of RealityThe Language of Conversation: How We SpeakWe Speak Different GenderlectsGender-Based Misinterpretations: What Really Happens When Men and Women Talk to Each Other?Fact or Myth: Women Talk More than MenFact or Myth: Women Interrupt Others More than MenFact or Myth: Men are Dismissive of Women's FeelingsFact or Myth: Women and Men Agree on the Purpose of Talk in Relationship DevelopmentReassessing Gender and LanguageChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online4. Nonverbal Styles of Gendered ExpressionDimensions of Nonverbal CommunicationThe Functions of Nonverbal MessagesMessage Reinforcement or ComplementationMessage NegationMessage SubstitutionMessage Accentuation or IntensificationMessage RegulationNonverbal Cues: Key Parts of the Communication PackageConveying and Interpreting Nonverbal ExpressivenessExploring Nonverbal Cues from a Gender PerspectiveKinesics: The Body's LanguageHaptics: TouchProxemicsParalinguisticsArtifactsReassessing Gendered Nonverbal CommunicationChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online5. Gendered Perception and Listening StylesThe Perception Process and Gender: Selection, Organization, Interpretation and ResponseSelection: What Do You Notice?Organization: How Do You Categorize?Interpretation: What Does It Mean?Responding: How Do You React?The Listening Styles of Men and WomenWho Gets Heard?Listening Behaviors of Men and WomenReassessing Gender, Perception, and ListeningChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out OnlineRevisiting Part I: Discovering and Building ConnectionsPart II: Gender's Role in Creating and Maintaining Personal Relationships6. Gender Communication and FriendshipsThe Nature of FriendshipFriendship vs. Other Kinds of RelationshipsHow Friendships Develop: Two ModelsThe Gendering of FriendshipFriendship in Your LifeA Closer Look at Same-Sex FriendshipsWomen Friending WomenMen Friending MenA Closer Look at Mixed-Sex FriendshipsMen and Women Friending Each OtherThe Effects of Roles and Social Opportunities on FriendshipReassessing Gender and FriendshipChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online7. Gender Communication and RomanceGender and RomanceThe Intimacy FactorRomantic Relationship StagesStage 1: InitiatingStage 2: ExperimentingStage 3: IntensifyingStage 4: IntegratingStage 5: BondingStage 6: DifferentiatingStage 7: CircumscribingStage 8: StagnatingStage 9: AvoidingStage 10: TerminatingGender Influences on Decisions and Tensions in Romantic RelationshipsGender and Romantic Relationships FacilitatorsReassessing Gender in Romantic RelationshipsChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online8. Gender Communication and FamilyThe Family: A Gendered-Person FactoryThe Family System: Gender in ActionThe Family as Theme FactoryThe Family as Gender-MakerSex-Role DevelopmentParent-Child Attitudes and Interaction PreferencesPower in the FamilyIntimacy and Family RelationsFamily Member Autonomy and DependenceEmpathy and Family RelationsDiversity and the FamilyCouplehoodsSingle-Parent FamiliesDual-Worker/Dual-Career FamiliesFamilies and Gender, Race, and ClassReassessing Gender and Family MattersChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out OnlineRevisiting Part II: Discovering and Building Connections: Part III: Gender Communication in Context9. Gender Communication in EducationThe Education/Gender Communication ChallengeGender Communication in Elementary and Secondary SchoolsGendered Messages Sent GirlsGendered Messages Sent BoysThe Higher Education SceneTitle IX: Its Impact in Class and on the FieldAdministratively Speaking: Who's in Charge?Reassessing Gender in Education: Proposed RemediesChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online10. Gender Communication in the WorkplaceThe Socialization of Gendered WorkersGender Bias and the Job InterviewOrganization DiversificationDiversity's EffectsSex and Race Segregation in the WorkplaceGender Role BiasRole Stereotypes for MenRole Stereotypes for WomenHandling Relationships in the WorkplaceHurdling Advancement BarriersWorkplace BulliesWorkplace StressorsThe Glass Ceiling and the Sticky FloorSexual Harassment-Gender Based DiscriminationLeading the Way: The Leadership Styles of Men and WomenReassessing Gender and Work MattersChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online11. Gender Communication and HealthHealth and Gender: Is it a Matter of Difference?Gendered Perceptions of HealthManhood and Womanhood: Health Norms, Markers, and HormonesMind Over Matter: The Psychological Health of Men and WomenThe Gendering of Patients and Their DoctorsGender Ideals Affect HealthThe Dark Side of IntimacyHealth Implications of Divorce and Social IsolationHealth Implications of Gendered Violence and Gendered FearViolence Against PartnersThe Impact on Health of Gendered Violence in SportsCaregiving and Expressing Feelings: Gendered DifferencesReassessing Gender and HealthChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online12. Gender Communication and the LawThe Law and Gender EquityEqual Protection and Opportunity LawsSexual Harassment, Rape, Violence, and the LawSexual Harassment and U.S. LawSexual Assault, Rape, Violence, and the LawThe Law, Divorce, and Parental RightsThe Recommended Child Custody PolicyReassessing Gender and the LawChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out OnlineRevisiting Part III: Discovering and Building ConnectionsPart IV: Issues and Challenges in Gender Communication13. Gender in Media and TechnologyThe Gendering of Media and TechnologyGendertizingAdvertising and the Sex Roles of WomenAdvertising and the Sex Roles of MenAdvertising and Gendering in ChildrenAdvertising and DiversityGendered Films and Television Shows, Audiences, and AwardsViewing EffectsMusic VideosAwardsGender and Sports Media"Women's Sports" vs. "Sports"Behind the MikeSports, the Military, and Coming OutGendering and TechnologyReassessing Gender, Media, and TechnologyChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online14. Conflict, Power, and Gender ViolenceExploring Violence in RelationshipsThe Alarming StatisticsProfiling the AbuserGender and ConflictDifferences in Conflict-Handling Behavior: Traditional ExpectationsContradicting the Expected: Nontraditional Conflict-Handling BehaviorsGender and PowerPower, Gender Intimidation, and ViolenceThe Dynamics of Physical Violence and Abuse of PowerThe Dynamics of Sexual Assault and RapeDispelling Rape and Sexual Violence MythsReassessing Conflict, Power, and Gender Violence: The Need to Denormalize ViolenceChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out Online15. Gender and Social Movements: Reconsidering the Past and Preparing For the FutureThe Past is PrologueWomen's MovementsLiberal FeminismSocial FeminismRadical FeminismFeminism: The First WaveFeminism: The Second WaveFeminism: The Third WaveA Note on Backlash MovementsMen's MovementsThe Profeminist Men's MovementPromasculinist Men's MovementsThe Mythopoetic Men's MovementThe National Coalition of Free MenThe Promise KeepersThe Million-Man MarchReassessing Women and Men's MovementsChapter RecapThink It OutWrite It OutCheck It Out OnlineRevisiting Part IV: Discovering and Building Connections
