PS287 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Lionel Tiger, Gender Role, Social Comparison Theory
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Cross-sex friendships are most likely to occur at work. Two levels of analyses to study gender and friendship. Dispositional level of analysis: emphasizes the characteristic of the person as a determinant of friendship: one attribute; sex, gender role. Structural level of analysis: emphasizes the different positions/roles of women and men in society as a determinant of friendship: one position/role; traditionally men more in paid employee role then women. Quantity: number of friends or size of the network. Boys and girls have similar number of friends. Boys may have a larger social network due to structural differences in boys" play (large group focused on some activity) versus girls" play (interact in groups, talking) Boys primary network consists of friends and non-friends. Difficult to know if there are sex differences in the sixe of friendship networks because the concept of friend may differ for men and women. Differences between females and males are overemphasized compared to similarities for friendship.
