PS287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Relational Aggression, Personal Development, Homophobia
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Characteristics of person, e. g, women"s relationships more intimate due to more self-disclosure: men more likely to disclose to women as well. Positions within society, e. g. men have more cross-sex friendships due to working outside the home: quantity of friendships: size of network, no differences between genders by age. Study of friendship limited by its focus on middle-class, straight, white people. Differences appear due to culture, race/ethnicity, social class, age, stage in life cycle. Sex similarities in friendships: men and women similar in what they want from friends. Dependability, agreeableness, trustworthy, source of support, source of fun and relaxation. Both view similarity to self and egalitarianism as important features. Casual conversation another common feature of both sexes" friendships. Both sexes agree that affective aspects are more important than instrumental aspects of friendship. Emotional connection, conversation focus for women; more disclosure (communal: women want to make a connection.