The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations
The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations

Author: Richard D. Ashmore

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1483216209

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The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations: A Critical Analysis of Central Concepts covers the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals in social interaction and explicitly considers women and men in relation to one another - as individuals, as representatives of social categories, and as significant social groups. Chapter One lays out the parameters of the social psychology of female-male relations. Chapter Two contains two major insights: that gender identity is a complex, multifaceted construct and that the structure and degree of differentiation of gender identity develop and change over the life course. Chapters Three and Four present a relatively general cognitive social-psychological framework for two important constructs, sex stereotypes and gender-related attitudes. Chapter Five offers a critique of analyses that explain the behavior of women and men in close, personal relationships in terms of sex differences in the individual dispositions of the participants. Chapter Six presents a strong and straightforward critique of the current usage of the term sex role to describe a global set of behavioral prescriptions that apply to all women and to all men. Chapter Seven presents a comprehensive review of research on gender-related patterns of behavior in task groups that cannot be found elsewhere. The concluding chapter summarizes points made in earlier chapters and offers a set of notes toward a theory of female-male relations. Social scientists (especially, psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists) doing research on women, on men, or on women and men in relationships or in social interaction.

Men's Gender Role Conflict
Men's Gender Role Conflict

Author: James M. O'Neil

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9781433818189

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Men's gender role conflict is a psychological state in which restrictive definitions of masculinity limit men's well-being and human potential. Gender role conflict (GRC) doesn't just harm boys and men, but also girls and women, transgendered people, and society at large. Extensive research relates men's GRC to myriad behavioral problems, including sexism, violence, homophobia, depression, substance abuse, and relationship issues. This book represents a call to action for researchers and practitioners, graduate students, and other mental healthcare professionals to confront men's GRC and reduce its harmful influence on individuals and society. James O'Neil is a pioneer in men's psychology who conceptualized GRC and created the Gender Role Conflict Scale. In this book, he combines numerous studies from renowned scholars in men's psychology with more than 30 years of his own clinical and research experience to promote activism and challenge the status quo. He describes multiple effects of men's GRC, including success, power, and competition issues restricted emotionality restricted affectionate behavior between men conflicts between men's work and family relations. O'Neil also explains when GRC can develop in a man's gender role journey, how to address it through preventative programs and therapy for boys and men, and what initiatives researchers and clinicians can pursue.

Sex Role Attitudes and Cultural Change
Sex Role Attitudes and Cultural Change

Author: I. Gross

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 9400977379

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The initial impetus for this volume was the occasion of the World Congress for Mental Health held in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1977. The theme of that congress was priorities in mental health. The keynote speaker Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, wife of the then President of the United States, focused attention on the necessity for an international perspective in understanding priorities for mental health. Without exception subsequent speakers echoed the sentiments Mrs. Carter expressed, that the first priority for mental health was that of children. For many participants the concern for children was translated not only into techniques for treatment but more importantly into broadening the approaches to prevention. One theme emerged which has begun to be addressed around the world - that of the cultural and developmental implications of sex role stereotyping for mental health. This topic proved to be the touchstone for many issues related both directly and indirectly to mental health. Among the most prominent concerns expressed were those for the effects on careers, the learning environment and relations between the sexes which stem from stereotyped attitudes concerning appropriate sex role behavior. The consensus of the par tiCipants was to urge the directorate of the congress to continue this topic at the next World Congress. This was a particularly appropriate content for the next World Congress, since 1979 was the International Year of the Child.

Modern Sexism
Modern Sexism

Author: Nijole Vaicaitis Benokraitis

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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This book focuses on the dynamics, processes, and consequences of sex discrimination at individual, organizational, and societal levels. The previous edition ISBN is: 0-13-597634-0.

A Preliminary Version of a Scale to Measure Sex-Role Attitudes in the Army
A Preliminary Version of a Scale to Measure Sex-Role Attitudes in the Army

Author: John C. Woelfel

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13:

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The Army is today using more women in more different kinds of jobs than it has at any time since the end of World War II, and most expectations are that this trend will continue. In view of this fact, it seemed desirable to find out how soldiers (both male and female) are reacting to this development, what factors account for differences that exist, and to what extent soldiers' attitudes and behavior in this regard are likely to change in the years ahead. The present report describes preliminary work toward the construction of the basic sex-role attitude scale (both a long and a short form) to be used in this research. A preliminary version of a short and a long form of a scale measuring sex-role attitudes in the Army has been developed, and each form appears to meet basic criteria for reliability and validity. Certain changes in item wording are indicated, however, and research is in progress to determine the reliability and validity of a slightly modified version of the short form.