Gender, Power, and Communication in Human Relationships

367 Pages·1995·9.544 MB·English

by  Pamela J. Kalbfleisch (editor), Michael J. Cody (editor)

GENDER, POWER, AND
COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
GENDER, POWER, AND
COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
Edited by
Pamela J. Kalbfleisch
University ofWyoming
Michael J. Cody
University of Southern California
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PamelaJ.KalbfleischandMichaelJ.Cody.
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Includesbibliographical referencesandindexes.
ISBN0-8058-1403-5 (alk.paper).-ISBN0-8058-1404-3 (pbk.
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1. Interpersonal relations. 2. Man-woman relationships.
Communication-Sexdifferences. 4.Sexdifferences(Psychology).
5.Interpersonalcommunication. I.Kalbfleisch,PamelaJ. II.Cody,
MichaelJ.
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In memory ofPaul Kalbfleisch
(July 10, 1918-August 17,1993)
Father, mentor,friend
He taughtme to laugh and tosmile,
to love the Westand itsmountains,
tohavefaith, and
to neverlose sightofmy dreams
-PK
Incelebrationof Julia Cody
(April 23, 1982)
Daughter, inspiration, and hope
for thefuture, may she live
ina worldofequalityandpeace
-Me
Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xiii
PARTI INTRODUCTIONANDOVERVIEW
1
PowerandCommunicationintheRelationshipsof 3
WomenandMen
Pamela J. Kalbfleisch andMichael J. Cody
PARTII GENDER-BASED EXPECTATIONSANDBELIEFS
2 Body PoliticsRevisited: What DoWe Know Today? 27
Nancy M.Henley
3
Gender, Immediacy,and NonverbalCommunication 63
Judee K.Burgoon andLeesa Dillman
4 Women's Style inProblemSolvingInteraction: Powerless,or 83
SimplyFeminine?
AnthonyMulac andJames J.Bradac
5 MasculinityandFemininity: DefiningtheUndefinable 105
Janet T.Spence and Camille Buckner
vii
viii CONTENTS
PART III WOMEN ANDMENTOGETHER
6 SexualDiscourseandSexualIntercourse:HowtheWayWe 141
Communicate Affects the Way We Think About Sexual
Coercion
Rhonda K. Reinholtz; Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Joi L.
Phelps, andArthurT.Satterfield
7 Negotiating SaferSex:The Dynamics ofAfrican-American 163
Relationships
Lynn CarolMiller, DianeM. Burns, and Sadina Rothspan
8
PowerandEqualityinMentoringRelationships 189
PamelaJ.KalbfleischandJoann Keyton
9 Relating to Spouse and Stranger: Gender Preferential 213
LanguageUse
Mary Anne FitzpatrickandAnthonyMulac
10 Managing Conflict and Anger: Investigating the Sex 223
StereotypeHypothesis
William R. Cupachand Daniel J. Canary
11 The Dynamics of Power: Money and Sex in Intimate 253
Relationships
PepperSchwartz, Davis Patterson, and Sara Steen
PART IV WOMEN ANDMENINSOCIETY
12 TelevisionPromotionofGenderEqualityinSocieties 277
EverettM. Rogers, Thomas M. Hirata, AnkilaS.Chandran,
and Jeffery D. Robinson
13 MenandWomenintheMarketPlace 305
Michael J. Cody,John Seiter,and YvetteMontagne-Miller
14 GenderandPower 331
Judy C.Pearson and Leda Cooks
AuthorIndex 351
SubjectIndex 363
Contributors,
JamesJ. Bradac,Department ofCommunication,University ofCalifornia, Santa
Barbara, SantaBarbara, CA93106.
CamilleBuckner,DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofTexas-Austin,Austin,
TX78712.
Diane M.Burns,Department ofSpeechCommunication,University ofAlabama,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Judee K. Burgoon, Department of Communication, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721.
Daniel J. Canary, Department of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park,PA 16802.
Ankila S. Chandran, Annenberg School for Communication, University of
Southern California, LosAngeles, CA90089-0281.
Michael J. Cody, Departmentof Communication Arts and Sciences, University
ofSouthern California, LosAngeles, CA90089-1694.
Leda Cooks, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA01003
William R. Cupach, Department of Communication, Illinois State University,
Normal, IL61761.
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x CONTRIBUTORS
Leesa Dillman, Department of Communication, University of Nevada at Las
Vegas, LasVegas, NV 89154
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Department of Communication Arts, University of
Wisconsin-Madison,Madison, WI 53706.
NancyM.Henley,DepartmentofPsychology, 405HilgardAvenue,Universityof
California,LosAngeles, Los Angeles, CA90024-1563.
Thomas M. Hirata, Annenberg School for Communication, University of
SouthernCalifornia, Los Angeles, CA90089-0281.
Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Department of Communication and Mass Media,
UniversityofWyoming, P.O.Box 3904,Laramie, WY 82071-3904
Joann Keyton, Department of Communication Studies, 143 Theatre and
CommunicationBuilding, University ofMemphis, Memphis, TN 38152
LynnCarolMiller, DepartmentofCommunicationArtsandSciences, University
ofSouthern California,LosAngeles, CA90089-1694;DepartmentofPsychology,
UniversityofSouthern California, LosAngeles, CA 90089.
Yvette Montagne-Miller, Department of Speech Communication, San Diego
State University, SanDiego, CA92182.
Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas,
Lawrence,KS66045
AnthonyMulac,DepartmentofCommunication,University ofCalifornia, Santa
Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA93106.
Davis Patterson, Department of Sociology, DK-40, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195.
Judy C. Pearson, School of Interpersonal Communication, Ohio University,
Athens, OR 45701.
Joi L. Phelps, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
66045
Rhonda K. Reinholtz, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas,
Lawrence,KS66045
CONTRIBUTORS xi
Jeffery D. Robinson, Department of Sociology, University of California-Los
Angeles, LosAngeles, CA90024-9122.
EverettM. Rogers, DepartmentofCommunication, University ofNew Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1171
SadinaRothspan,DepartmentofPsychology,University ofSouthernCalifornia,
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Arthur T. Satterfield, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS66045.
PepperSchwartz,Departmentof Sociology, DK-40, University ofWashington,
Seattle, WA 98195.
JohnSeiter,DepartmentofSpeechCommunication,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,
UT 84322
JanetT.Spence,DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofTexas-Austin,Austin,
TX 78712.
SaraSteen, DepartmentofSociology, DK-40, University ofWashington,Seattle,
WA 98195.