PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Social Comparison Theory, Gender Role
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Barriers to closeness associated with the male gender role: (a) competition: male friendships are characterized by gender competition than female friendships. Schneider at al. (2005) identified 3 types of competition: hyper-competition: goal is to win; characterized by feelings of hostility and disregard for others. Showing power and superiority: non-hostile social comparison: goal is to assess one"s performance in relation to others, enjoyment competition: goal is positive affect (ex. pleasure) Delvin and cowan (1985); bank and hansford (2000): found that homophobia among males is negatively correlated with trust, expressions of care, and empathy in same-sex friendships (c) emotional inexpressiveness. Are there sex differences in same sex friendship: relationship conflict: females experience greater conflict in their same-sex friendships. The sources of conflict are the same for males and females. Conflicts are more frequent in same-sex female friendships and it effects the more than males. Females are less likely to confront conflicts--they are more likely to harbour their emotions.
