SOCI 415 Lecture 7: Bargaining and Power in Relationships L
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These men are asking women to have sex with them in exchange for rent. Not fair, man has more power because he has more resources. Men"s access to housing in exchange for women"s need for housing. Gender pay gap: why men have this housing but women do not. Better access to housing resources, they can translate those resources to housing access. Purchasing sex is legal but selling is illegal. Decision making (whether to remain in or leave a relationship) " people, though not always perfectly rational, will engage in calculations of costs and benefits in social transactions and will utilize their perceptions of available alternatives when assessing their costs and benefits " "blau defines a social exchange as a particular type of association involving actions that are contingent on rewarding reactions of others" actions that are contingent on rewarding reactions of others"
