Gender, Power, and Communication in Human Relationships

This edited volume establishes a state-of-the-art perspective on theory and research on gender, power, and communication in human relationships. Both theoretical essays and review chapters address issues relevant to female and male differences in power, dominance, communication, equality, and expectations/beliefs. All chapter contributors share two commonalities. First, each provides a 1990s assessment of power and equality in female and male relationships. Second, each reviews respective programs of research and focuses attention on the relevance of this research to understanding the relationships of women and men. Unique because it incorporates a multidisciplinary approach to the study of gender and the communication of power in human relationships, this book includes the original work of intellectuals with national and international reputations in the social sciences. The volume provides both scholastic breadth and centralized treatment of issues that form the very foundation of social and personal relationships. It will appeal to scholars working in the disciplines of communication and psychology as well as other areas of social science research.

Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Michael J. Cody

Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction and Overview.P.J. Kalbfleisch, M.J. Cody, Power and Communication in the Relationships of Women and Men. Part II: Gender-Based Expectations and Beliefs.N.M. Henley, Body Politics Revisited: What Do We Know Today? J.K. Burgoon, L. Dillman, Gender, Immediacy, and Nonverbal Communication. A. Mulac, J.J. Bradac, Women's Style in Problem Solving Interaction: Powerless, or Simply Feminine? J.T. Spence, C. Buckner, Masculinity and Femininity: Defining the Undefinable. Part III: Women and Men Together.R.K. Reinholtz, C.L. Muehlenhard, J.L. Phelps, A.T. Satterfield, Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse: How the Way We Communicate Affects the Way We Think About Sexual Coercion. L.C. Miller, D.M. Burns, S. Rothspan, Negotiating Safer Sex: The Dynamics of African-American Relationships. P.J. Kalbfleisch, J. Keyton, Power and Equality in Mentoring Relationships. M.A. Fitzpatrick, A. Mulac, Relating to Spouse and Stranger: Gender Preferential Language Use. W.R. Cupach, D.J. Canary, Managing Conflict and Anger: Investigating the Sex Stereotype Hypothesis. P. Schwartz, D. Patterson, S. Steen, The Dynamics of Power: Money and Sex in Intimate Relationships. Part IV: Women and Men in Society.E.M. Rogers, T.M. Hirata, A.S. Chandran, J.D. Robinson, Television Promotion of Gender Equality in Societies. M.J. Cody, J. Seiter, Y. Montagne-Miller, Men and Women in the Market Place. J.C. Pearson, L. Cooks, Gender and Power.