Challenging the commonly held assumption that men and women hail from different psychological and social planets, this illuminating work reexamines what the empirical research really shows about how the sexes communicate in close relationships. The volume demonstrates that stereotypical beliefs about men and women fail to predict their actual interaction behavior, and highlights evidence of similarities--as well as differences--between the two groups. Setting forth an integrative theory of gender differences, the authors propose that communication behavior is the means by which sex and gender role expectations are created and sustained.
- ISBN10 1572302569
- ISBN13 9781572302563
- Publish Date 9 January 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 March 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 193
- Language English