The Gender Communication Connection.
Gamble, Teri Kwal.
The Gender Communication Connection. - 3rd ed. - 1 online resource (397 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Foundations of Gender Communication -- 1. Why We Study Gender Communication -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- The Gendered World: Is Change in the Air? -- Instant Recall: Changes in Day-to-Day Communicative Activities of Men and Women -- This Is Our Story -- Exploring Gender Today -- Instant Recall: Thinking About Our Gendered World -- Conceptual and Perceptual Foundations -- Distinguishing Sex and Gender -- Talk It Out: What Sexism Is and Is Not -- Instant Recall: Sex vs. Gender -- Communication Cultures -- Communication and Gender: Which Is the Catalyst? -- Talk It Out: In and Out of A Doll's House -- Instant Recall: Masculine vs. Feminine Communication Cultures -- The Merging of Communication and Gender -- Communicating Our Confusion -- Talk It Out: "X: A Fabulous Child's Story" -- Transitioning to a New Communication Paradigm -- More Principles of Gendered Communication -- Gendered Communication Is Dynamic -- Gendered Communication Is Systemic -- Gendered Communication Is Pervasive -- Gendered Communication Is Learned -- Instant Recall: Gender Communication Is -- Reassessing Gender and Communication: Goals and Assumptions, Questions and Quandaries -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 2. Developing Gender Identity: Theoretical Approaches -- Talk It Out: Who Are You? What Do You Aspire to Achieve? -- Gender Identity and the "I" of the Beholder -- Instant Recall: Developing Gender Roles -- Theories of Identity: Approaching Identity Theoretically -- Talk It Out: What's the Difference? -- Biology Matters: Biological Influences on Gender -- Talk It Out: A Boy as a Girl -- Psychology Matters: Psychological Influences on Gender. Instant Recall: The Four Stages of Cognitive-Development Theory -- Social Roles Matter: Social Influences on Gender -- Talk It Out: Like Mother, Like Daughter -- Like Father, Like Son? -- Culture Matters: Cultural Influences on Gender -- Instant Recall: Influences on Gender -- Queer Performative Theory: A Theory Critical of Gender Dualities -- Talk It Out: Madonna, Lady Gaga, and … -- The Development of Self-Concept -- Self-Image and Self-Esteem -- Reflected Appraisal Theory and Self-Concept -- Social-Learning Theory and Self-Concept -- Education and Self-Concept -- Media and Self-Concept -- Culture and Self-Concept -- Comparing the Self-Concepts of Males and Females -- Reassessing Gender and Identity: Exploring Alternative Self-Orientations -- Talk It Out: Is a Genderless Society in Our Future? -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 3. Verbal Styles of Gendered Expression -- Language in Our Lives -- Language and Its Uses -- The Language-Thought-Behavior Relationship -- The Power of Language -- Talk It Out: All Dolled Up -- Instant Recall: Language in Our Gendered Lives -- Words and Gender Perceptions: Can We Move Beyond Stereotypes? -- Instant Recall: Language and Sex-Role Stereotypes -- The Effects of Language Socialization -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- Talk It Out: The Consequences of Language Socialization -- Instant Recall: Characteristics of Masculine vs. Feminine Speech -- Sexist Language and the Shaping of Reality -- Talk It Out: Who's Married? -- Instant Recall: How Language Exhibits Sexism -- Conversational Language: Masculine and Feminine, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, and Gender Nonbinary Styles -- We Speak Different Genderlects -- Instant Recall: Comparing Feminine and Masculine Genderlects -- Talk It Out: Conversation Is a Joint Production. Gender-Based Misinterpretations: What Really Happens When Men and Women Talk to Each Other? -- Fact or Myth: Women Talk More Than Men -- Fact or Myth: Women Interrupt Others More Than Men -- Fact or Myth: Men Are Dismissive of Women's Feelings -- Fact or Myth: Men and Women Agree on the Purpose of Talk in Relationship Development -- Instant Recall: Consider This -- Reassessing Gender and Language -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 4. Nonverbal Styles of Gendered Expression -- Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication -- Instant Recall: Nonverbal Communication and Gender -- The Functions of Nonverbal Messages -- Instant Recall: Functions of Nonverbal Messages -- Nonverbal Cues: Key Parts of the Communication Package -- Conveying and Interpreting Nonverbal Expressiveness -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- Exploring Nonverbal Cues from a Gender Perspective -- Kinesics: The Body's Language -- Talk It Out: Smile Style -- Haptics: Touch -- Talk It Out: It's in His/Her Touch -- Proxemics -- Talk It Out: Research the Space Race -- Paralinguistics -- Talk It Out: How Do Clothes Make the Woman? -- Artifacts -- Instant Recall: Masculine and Feminine Nonverbal Genderlects -- Reassessing Gendered Nonverbal Communication -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 5. Gendered Perception and Listening Styles -- The Perception Process and Gender: Selection, Organization, Interpretation, and Response -- Selection: What Do You Notice? -- Talk It Out: WoMen -- Talk It Out: A Belief -- Organization: How Do You Categorize? -- Interpretation: What Does It Mean? -- Responding: How Do You React? -- Talk It Out: Reexamining Behavior -- Instant Recall: Perception and Gender -- The Listening Styles of Men and Women -- Talk It Out: Responder or Initiator: What's Your Habitual Listening Style?. Who Gets Heard? -- Instant Recall: How Do We Listen to Men and Women? -- Listening Behaviors of Men and Women -- Talk It Out: Who's Listening? -- Instant Recall: Listening Behaviors -- Reassessing Gender, Perception, and Listening -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- Revisiting Part I: Discovering and Building Connections -- PART II: Gender's Role in Creating and Maintaining Personal Relationships -- 6. Gender Communication and Friendships -- The Nature of Friendship -- Friendship vs. Other Kinds of Relationships -- How Friendships Develop: Two Models -- Talk It Out: Friends -- Talk It Out: Researching Friendship's Meaning -- Talk It Out: Is Friendship in Danger? -- Instant Recall: Distinguishing Friends -- The Gendering of Friendship -- Friendship in Your Life -- Talk It Out: Friendship Stereotypes -- A Closer Look at Same-Sex Friendships -- Women Friending Women -- Men Friending Men -- Talk It Out: What Are Friends For? -- A Closer Look at Mixed-Sex Friendships -- Men and Women Friending Each Other -- Talk It Out: Friendship Through the Years -- The Effects of Roles and Social Opportunities on Friendship -- Instant Recall: Sex Effects on Friendship -- Reassessing Friendship and Gender -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 7. Gender Communication and Romance -- Gender and Romance -- The Intimacy Factor -- Instant Recall: Romantic Relationships -- Romantic Relationship Stages -- Stage 1: Initiating -- Stage 2: Experimenting -- Stage 3: Intensifying -- Stage 4: Integrating -- Stage 5: Bonding -- Stage 6: Differentiating -- Stage 7: Circumscribing -- Stage 8: Stagnating -- Stage 9: Avoiding -- Stage 10: Terminating -- Gender Influences on Decisions and Tensions in Romantic Relationships -- Gender and Romantic Relationship Facilitators -- Talk It Out: Relational Tensions. Talk It Out: Doing Disclosure -- Instant Recall: What We Look For in a Partner -- Reassessing Gender in Romantic Relationships -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 8. Gender Communication in Families -- The Family: A Gendered-Person Factory -- The Family System: Gender in Action -- Instant Recall: Family Types -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- The Family as Theme Factory -- Talk It Out: Family Themes -- The Family as Gender Maker -- Sex-Role Development -- Talk It Out: Parental Roles -- Talk It Out: Role Distribution -- Parent-Child Attitudes and Interaction Preferences -- Power in the Family -- Intimacy and Family Relations -- Family Member Autonomy and Dependence -- Empathy and Family Relations -- Diversity and the Family -- Couplehoods -- Single-Parent Families -- Dual-Worker/Dual-Career Families -- Families and Gender, Race, and Class -- Talk It Out: A Different View -- Reassessing Gender and Family Matters -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- Revisiting Part II: Discovering and Building Connections -- Part III: Gender Communication in Context -- 9. Gender Communication in Education -- The Education/Gender Communication Challenge -- Talk It Out: My Student Life -- Gender Communication in Elementary and Secondary Schools -- Gendered Messages Sent to Girls -- Appearance Effects -- Gendered Messages Sent to Boys -- Instant Recall: Educationally Speaking -- The Higher Education Scene -- Gender and College Enrollment -- Gender and Curricula and Grading Issues -- Gender and Instruction -- Talk It Out: Where Have the Men Gone? -- Instant Recall: Preferred Educational Experiences -- Educational Institutions and LGBTQ Students -- Title IX: Its Impact on Students in Class and on the Field -- Administratively Speaking: Who's in Charge?. Instant Recall: Women and Men in Educational Administration.
The third edition of this classic text helps readers consider the myriad ways gendered attitudes and practices influence communication in our personal and professional interactions. The book is ideally suited for undergraduate courses in gender and communication within communication studies, sociology, and business departments.
9781000207606
Sex role.
Electronic books.
HQ1075 / .G363 2021
302.2
The Gender Communication Connection. - 3rd ed. - 1 online resource (397 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Foundations of Gender Communication -- 1. Why We Study Gender Communication -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- The Gendered World: Is Change in the Air? -- Instant Recall: Changes in Day-to-Day Communicative Activities of Men and Women -- This Is Our Story -- Exploring Gender Today -- Instant Recall: Thinking About Our Gendered World -- Conceptual and Perceptual Foundations -- Distinguishing Sex and Gender -- Talk It Out: What Sexism Is and Is Not -- Instant Recall: Sex vs. Gender -- Communication Cultures -- Communication and Gender: Which Is the Catalyst? -- Talk It Out: In and Out of A Doll's House -- Instant Recall: Masculine vs. Feminine Communication Cultures -- The Merging of Communication and Gender -- Communicating Our Confusion -- Talk It Out: "X: A Fabulous Child's Story" -- Transitioning to a New Communication Paradigm -- More Principles of Gendered Communication -- Gendered Communication Is Dynamic -- Gendered Communication Is Systemic -- Gendered Communication Is Pervasive -- Gendered Communication Is Learned -- Instant Recall: Gender Communication Is -- Reassessing Gender and Communication: Goals and Assumptions, Questions and Quandaries -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 2. Developing Gender Identity: Theoretical Approaches -- Talk It Out: Who Are You? What Do You Aspire to Achieve? -- Gender Identity and the "I" of the Beholder -- Instant Recall: Developing Gender Roles -- Theories of Identity: Approaching Identity Theoretically -- Talk It Out: What's the Difference? -- Biology Matters: Biological Influences on Gender -- Talk It Out: A Boy as a Girl -- Psychology Matters: Psychological Influences on Gender. Instant Recall: The Four Stages of Cognitive-Development Theory -- Social Roles Matter: Social Influences on Gender -- Talk It Out: Like Mother, Like Daughter -- Like Father, Like Son? -- Culture Matters: Cultural Influences on Gender -- Instant Recall: Influences on Gender -- Queer Performative Theory: A Theory Critical of Gender Dualities -- Talk It Out: Madonna, Lady Gaga, and … -- The Development of Self-Concept -- Self-Image and Self-Esteem -- Reflected Appraisal Theory and Self-Concept -- Social-Learning Theory and Self-Concept -- Education and Self-Concept -- Media and Self-Concept -- Culture and Self-Concept -- Comparing the Self-Concepts of Males and Females -- Reassessing Gender and Identity: Exploring Alternative Self-Orientations -- Talk It Out: Is a Genderless Society in Our Future? -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 3. Verbal Styles of Gendered Expression -- Language in Our Lives -- Language and Its Uses -- The Language-Thought-Behavior Relationship -- The Power of Language -- Talk It Out: All Dolled Up -- Instant Recall: Language in Our Gendered Lives -- Words and Gender Perceptions: Can We Move Beyond Stereotypes? -- Instant Recall: Language and Sex-Role Stereotypes -- The Effects of Language Socialization -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- Talk It Out: The Consequences of Language Socialization -- Instant Recall: Characteristics of Masculine vs. Feminine Speech -- Sexist Language and the Shaping of Reality -- Talk It Out: Who's Married? -- Instant Recall: How Language Exhibits Sexism -- Conversational Language: Masculine and Feminine, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, and Gender Nonbinary Styles -- We Speak Different Genderlects -- Instant Recall: Comparing Feminine and Masculine Genderlects -- Talk It Out: Conversation Is a Joint Production. Gender-Based Misinterpretations: What Really Happens When Men and Women Talk to Each Other? -- Fact or Myth: Women Talk More Than Men -- Fact or Myth: Women Interrupt Others More Than Men -- Fact or Myth: Men Are Dismissive of Women's Feelings -- Fact or Myth: Men and Women Agree on the Purpose of Talk in Relationship Development -- Instant Recall: Consider This -- Reassessing Gender and Language -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 4. Nonverbal Styles of Gendered Expression -- Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication -- Instant Recall: Nonverbal Communication and Gender -- The Functions of Nonverbal Messages -- Instant Recall: Functions of Nonverbal Messages -- Nonverbal Cues: Key Parts of the Communication Package -- Conveying and Interpreting Nonverbal Expressiveness -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- Exploring Nonverbal Cues from a Gender Perspective -- Kinesics: The Body's Language -- Talk It Out: Smile Style -- Haptics: Touch -- Talk It Out: It's in His/Her Touch -- Proxemics -- Talk It Out: Research the Space Race -- Paralinguistics -- Talk It Out: How Do Clothes Make the Woman? -- Artifacts -- Instant Recall: Masculine and Feminine Nonverbal Genderlects -- Reassessing Gendered Nonverbal Communication -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 5. Gendered Perception and Listening Styles -- The Perception Process and Gender: Selection, Organization, Interpretation, and Response -- Selection: What Do You Notice? -- Talk It Out: WoMen -- Talk It Out: A Belief -- Organization: How Do You Categorize? -- Interpretation: What Does It Mean? -- Responding: How Do You React? -- Talk It Out: Reexamining Behavior -- Instant Recall: Perception and Gender -- The Listening Styles of Men and Women -- Talk It Out: Responder or Initiator: What's Your Habitual Listening Style?. Who Gets Heard? -- Instant Recall: How Do We Listen to Men and Women? -- Listening Behaviors of Men and Women -- Talk It Out: Who's Listening? -- Instant Recall: Listening Behaviors -- Reassessing Gender, Perception, and Listening -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- Revisiting Part I: Discovering and Building Connections -- PART II: Gender's Role in Creating and Maintaining Personal Relationships -- 6. Gender Communication and Friendships -- The Nature of Friendship -- Friendship vs. Other Kinds of Relationships -- How Friendships Develop: Two Models -- Talk It Out: Friends -- Talk It Out: Researching Friendship's Meaning -- Talk It Out: Is Friendship in Danger? -- Instant Recall: Distinguishing Friends -- The Gendering of Friendship -- Friendship in Your Life -- Talk It Out: Friendship Stereotypes -- A Closer Look at Same-Sex Friendships -- Women Friending Women -- Men Friending Men -- Talk It Out: What Are Friends For? -- A Closer Look at Mixed-Sex Friendships -- Men and Women Friending Each Other -- Talk It Out: Friendship Through the Years -- The Effects of Roles and Social Opportunities on Friendship -- Instant Recall: Sex Effects on Friendship -- Reassessing Friendship and Gender -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 7. Gender Communication and Romance -- Gender and Romance -- The Intimacy Factor -- Instant Recall: Romantic Relationships -- Romantic Relationship Stages -- Stage 1: Initiating -- Stage 2: Experimenting -- Stage 3: Intensifying -- Stage 4: Integrating -- Stage 5: Bonding -- Stage 6: Differentiating -- Stage 7: Circumscribing -- Stage 8: Stagnating -- Stage 9: Avoiding -- Stage 10: Terminating -- Gender Influences on Decisions and Tensions in Romantic Relationships -- Gender and Romantic Relationship Facilitators -- Talk It Out: Relational Tensions. Talk It Out: Doing Disclosure -- Instant Recall: What We Look For in a Partner -- Reassessing Gender in Romantic Relationships -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 8. Gender Communication in Families -- The Family: A Gendered-Person Factory -- The Family System: Gender in Action -- Instant Recall: Family Types -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- The Family as Theme Factory -- Talk It Out: Family Themes -- The Family as Gender Maker -- Sex-Role Development -- Talk It Out: Parental Roles -- Talk It Out: Role Distribution -- Parent-Child Attitudes and Interaction Preferences -- Power in the Family -- Intimacy and Family Relations -- Family Member Autonomy and Dependence -- Empathy and Family Relations -- Diversity and the Family -- Couplehoods -- Single-Parent Families -- Dual-Worker/Dual-Career Families -- Families and Gender, Race, and Class -- Talk It Out: A Different View -- Reassessing Gender and Family Matters -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- Revisiting Part II: Discovering and Building Connections -- Part III: Gender Communication in Context -- 9. Gender Communication in Education -- The Education/Gender Communication Challenge -- Talk It Out: My Student Life -- Gender Communication in Elementary and Secondary Schools -- Gendered Messages Sent to Girls -- Appearance Effects -- Gendered Messages Sent to Boys -- Instant Recall: Educationally Speaking -- The Higher Education Scene -- Gender and College Enrollment -- Gender and Curricula and Grading Issues -- Gender and Instruction -- Talk It Out: Where Have the Men Gone? -- Instant Recall: Preferred Educational Experiences -- Educational Institutions and LGBTQ Students -- Title IX: Its Impact on Students in Class and on the Field -- Administratively Speaking: Who's in Charge?. Instant Recall: Women and Men in Educational Administration.
The third edition of this classic text helps readers consider the myriad ways gendered attitudes and practices influence communication in our personal and professional interactions. The book is ideally suited for undergraduate courses in gender and communication within communication studies, sociology, and business departments.
9781000207606
Sex role.
Electronic books.
HQ1075 / .G363 2021
302.2