The Gender Communication Connection

<P>Part I: Foundations of Gender Communication</P><I>
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<P>1. Why We Study Gender Communication</P>
<P>The Gendered World: Where Would You Like to Go From Here?</P><I>
<P></I>This is His- and Her-Story</P>
<P>Exploring Gender Today</P>
<P>Conceptual and Perceptual Foundations</P>
<P>Distinguishing Sex and Gender</P><I>
<P></I>Communication Cultures</P>
<P>Communication and Gender: Which is the Catalyst?</P>
<P>The Merging of Communication and Gender</P>
<P>Communicating Our Confusion</P><I>
<P></I>Changing Communication Paradigms</P>
<P>More Principles of Gendered Communication</P>
<P>Gendered Communication is Dynamic</P>
<P>Gendered Communication is Systemic</P>
<P>Gendered Communication is Pervasive</P>
<P>Gendered Communication is Learned</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Communication: Goals and Assumptions, Questions and Quandaries</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>2. Developing Gender Roles and Identities</P></B>
<P>Gender Identity and the "I" of the Beholder</P>
<P>Theories of Identity: Theoretical Approaches</P><I>
<P></I>Biology Matters: Biological Influences on Gender</P><I>
<P></I>Psychology Matters: Psychological Influences on Gender</P><I>
<P></I>Social Roles Matter: Social Influences on Gender</P><I>
<P></I>Culture Matters: Cultural Influences on Gender</P>
<P>The Development of Self-Concept</P>
<P>Self-Image and Self-Esteem</P>
<P>Reflected Appraisal Theory and Self-Concept</P>
<P>Social Learning Theory and Self-Concept</P>
<P>Education and Self-Concept</P>
<P>Media and Self-Concept</P>
<P>Culture and Self-Concept</P>
<P>Comparing the Self-Concepts of Males and Females</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Identity: Exploring Alternative Self-Orientations</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>3. Verbal Styles of Gendered Expression</P></B>
<P>Language in Our Lives</P>
<P>Language and Its Uses</P>
<P>The Language-Thought-Behavior Relationship</P>
<P>The Power of Language</P>
<P>Words and Gender Perceptions: Can We Move Beyond Stereotypes?</P><I>
<P></I>The Effects of Language Socialization</P><I>
<P></I>Sexist Language and The Shaping of Reality</P>
<P>The Language of Conversation: How We Speak</P>
<P>We Speak Different Genderlects</P>
<P>Gender-Based Misinterpretations: What Really Happens When Men and Women Talk to Each Other?</P>
<P>Fact or Myth: Women Talk More than Men</P>
<P>Fact or Myth: Women Interrupt Others More than Men</P>
<P>Fact or Myth: Men are Dismissive of Women's Feelings</P>
<P>Fact or Myth: Women and Men Agree on the Purpose of Talk in Relationship Development</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Language</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>4. Nonverbal Styles of Gendered Expression</P></B>
<P>Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication</P><I>
<P></I>The Functions of Nonverbal Messages</P>
<P>Message Reinforcement or Complementation</P>
<P>Message Negation</P>
<P>Message Substitution</P>
<P>Message Accentuation or Intensification</P>
<P>Message Regulation</P>
<P>Nonverbal Cues: Key Parts of the Communication Package</P>
<P>Conveying and Interpreting Nonverbal Expressiveness</P>
<P>Exploring Nonverbal Cues from a Gender Perspective</P>
<P>Kinesics: The Body's Language</P><I>
<P></I>Haptics: Touch</P><I>
<P></I>Proxemics</P><I>
<P></I>Paralinguistics</P>
<P>Artifacts</P>
<P>Reassessing Gendered Nonverbal Communication</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>5. Gendered Perception and Listening Styles</P></B>
<P>The Perception Process and Gender: Selection, Organization, Interpretation and Response</P>
<P>Selection: What Do You Notice?</P>
<P>Organization: How Do You Categorize?</P>
<P>Interpretation: What Does It Mean?</P>
<P>Responding: How Do You React?</P>
<P>The Listening Styles of Men and Women</P>
<P>Who Gets Heard?</P><I>
<P></I>Listening Behaviors of Men and Women</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender, Perception, and Listening</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>Revisiting Part I: Discovering and Building Connections</P>
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<P>Part II: Gender's Role in Creating and Maintaining Personal Relationships</P><I>
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<P>6. Gender Communication and Friendships</P></B>
<P>The Nature of Friendship</P>
<P>Friendship vs. Other Kinds of Relationships</P><I>
<P></I>How Friendships Develop: Two Models</P><I>
<P></I>The Gendering of Friendship</P><I>
<P></I>Friendship in Your Life</P>
<P>A Closer Look at Same-Sex Friendships</P><I>
<P></I>Women Friending Women</P><I>
<P></I>Men Friending Men</P>
<P>A Closer Look at Mixed-Sex Friendships</P><I>
<P></I>Men and Women Friending Each Other</P>
<P>The Effects of Roles and Social Opportunities on Friendship</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Friendship</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>7. Gender Communication and Romance</P></B>
<P>Gender and Romance</P>
<P>The Intimacy Factor</P>
<P>Romantic Relationship Stages</P>
<P>Stage 1: Initiating</P>
<P>Stage 2: Experimenting</P>
<P>Stage 3: Intensifying</P>
<P>Stage 4: Integrating</P>
<P>Stage 5: Bonding</P>
<P>Stage 6: Differentiating</P>
<P>Stage 7: Circumscribing</P>
<P>Stage 8: Stagnating</P>
<P>Stage 9: Avoiding</P>
<P>Stage 10: Terminating</P>
<P>Gender Influences on Decisions and Tensions in Romantic Relationships</P>
<P>Gender and Romantic Relationships Facilitators</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender in Romantic Relationships</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>8. Gender Communication and Family</P></B>
<P>The Family: A Gendered-Person Factory</P>
<P>The Family System: Gender in Action</P>
<P>The Family as Theme Factory</P>
<P>The Family as Gender-Maker</P>
<P>Sex-Role Development</P><I>
<P></I>Parent-Child Attitudes and Interaction Preferences</P>
<P>Power in the Family</P>
<P>Intimacy and Family Relations</P>
<P>Family Member Autonomy and Dependence</P>
<P>Empathy and Family Relations</P>
<P>Diversity and the Family</P>
<P>Couplehoods</P>
<P>Single-Parent Families</P>
<P>Dual-Worker/Dual-Career Families</P>
<P>Families and Gender, Race, and Class</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Family Matters</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>Revisiting Part II: Discovering and Building Connections: </P>
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<P>Part III: Gender Communication in Context</P><I>
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<P>9. Gender Communication in Education</P></B>
<P>The Education/Gender Communication Challenge</P>
<P>Gender Communication in Elementary and Secondary Schools</P>
<P>Gendered Messages Sent Girls</P>
<P>Gendered Messages Sent Boys</P>
<P>The Higher Education Scene</P><I>
<P></I>Title IX: Its Impact in Class and on the Field</P>
<P>Administratively Speaking: Who's in Charge?</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender in Education: Proposed Remedies</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>10. Gender Communication in the Workplace</P></B>
<P>The Socialization of Gendered Workers</P>
<P>Gender Bias and the Job Interview</P>
<P>Organization Diversification</P>
<P>Diversity's Effects</P>
<P>Sex and Race Segregation in the Workplace</P>
<P>Gender Role Bias</P>
<P>Role Stereotypes for Men</P>
<P>Role Stereotypes for Women</P>
<P>Handling Relationships in the Workplace</P>
<P>Hurdling Advancement Barriers</P>
<P>Workplace Bullies</P>
<P>Workplace Stressors</P>
<P>The Glass Ceiling and the Sticky Floor</P>
<P>Sexual Harassment-Gender Based Discrimination</P>
<P>Leading the Way: The Leadership Styles of Men and Women</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Work Matters</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>11. Gender Communication and Health</P></B>
<P>Health and Gender: Is it a Matter of Difference?</P>
<P>Gendered Perceptions of Health</P><I>
<P></I>Manhood and Womanhood: Health Norms, Markers, and Hormones</P><I>
<P></I>Mind Over Matter: The Psychological Health of Men and Women</P>
<P>The Gendering of Patients and Their Doctors</P>
<P>Gender Ideals Affect Health</P>
<P>The Dark Side of Intimacy</P>
<P>Health Implications of Divorce and Social Isolation</P>
<P>Health Implications of Gendered Violence and Gendered Fear</P>
<P>Violence Against Partners</P><I>
<P></I>The Impact on Health of Gendered Violence in Sports</P>
<P>Caregiving and Expressing Feelings: Gendered Differences</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and Health</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>12. Gender Communication and the Law</P></B>
<P>The Law and Gender Equity</P>
<P>Equal Protection and Opportunity Laws</P>
<P>Sexual Harassment, Rape, Violence, and the Law</P>
<P>Sexual Harassment and U.S. Law</P><I>
<P></I>Sexual Assault, Rape, Violence, and the Law</P>
<P>The Law, Divorce, and Parental Rights</P>
<P>The Recommended Child Custody Policy</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender and the Law</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>Revisiting Part III: Discovering and Building Connections</P>
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<P>Part IV: Issues and Challenges in Gender Communication</P><I>
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<P>13. Gender in Media and Technology</P></B>
<P>The Gendering of Media and Technology</P>
<P>Gendertizing</P>
<P>Advertising and the Sex Roles of Women</P>
<P>Advertising and the Sex Roles of Men</P>
<P>Advertising and Gendering in Children</P>
<P>Advertising and Diversity</P>
<P>Gendered Films and Television Shows, Audiences, and Awards</P>
<P>Viewing Effects</P><I>
<P></I>Music Videos</P>
<P>Awards</P>
<P>Gender and Sports Media</P>
<P>"Women's Sports" vs. "Sports"</P>
<P>Behind the Mike</P>
<P>Sports, the Military, and Coming Out</P>
<P>Gendering and Technology</P>
<P>Reassessing Gender, Media, and Technology</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>14. Conflict, Power, and Gender Violence</P></B>
<P>Exploring Violence in Relationships</P>
<P>The Alarming Statistics</P><I>
<P></I>Profiling the Abuser</P>
<P>Gender and Conflict</P>
<P>Differences in Conflict-Handling Behavior: Traditional Expectations</P><I>
<P></I>Contradicting the Expected: Nontraditional Conflict-Handling Behaviors</P>
<P>Gender and Power</P>
<P>Power, Gender Intimidation, and Violence</P><I>
<P></I>The Dynamics of Physical Violence and Abuse of Power</P><I>
<P></I>The Dynamics of Sexual Assault and Rape</P>
<P>Dispelling Rape and Sexual Violence Myths</P>
<P>Reassessing Conflict, Power, and Gender Violence: The Need to Denormalize Violence</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>15. Gender and Social Movements: Reconsidering the Past and Preparing For the Future</P></B>
<P>The Past is Prologue</P>
<P>Women's Movements</P><I>
<P></I>Liberal Feminism</P>
<P>Social Feminism</P>
<P>Radical Feminism</P><I>
<P></I>Feminism: The First Wave</P>
<P>Feminism: The Second Wave</P><I>
<P></I>Feminism: The Third Wave</P><I>
<P></I>A Note on Backlash Movements</P>
<P>Men's Movements</P>
<P>The Profeminist Men's Movement</P>
<P>Promasculinist Men's Movements</P>
<P>The Mythopoetic Men's Movement</P>
<P>The National Coalition of Free Men</P>
<P>The Promise Keepers</P>
<P>The Million-Man March</P>
<P>Reassessing Women and Men's Movements</P>
<P>Chapter Recap</P>
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<P>Revisiting Part IV: Discovering and Building Connections</P></B>
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