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Relationships A. Friendships
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Female-Female Friends The importance of female friendships. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends. - Laurie Kuslansky Intimacy between friends. –Face to face versus side to side distinction. –Women disclose more to their same sex friends, but this is a small effect. –Women are more likely to be the recipient of disclosure. –Women tend to have smaller circles of friends.
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Female-Female Friends (cont.) African American friendships. –Less relational aggression? Lesbian friendships. –“Family of Choice”
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Male-Female Friends Have more obstacles. –Attraction. –Misunderstood by others. These friendships don’t tend to be as intimate. Varies as a function of sex role identity.
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Relationships B. Romantic Relationships
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Attraction Reciprocal liking. Similarity. Physical attractiveness. Familiarity.
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Dating Scripts Script is a standard set of expectations for what will happen during an event. Most people continue to have fairly traditional dating scripts. Online scripts. Gay and lesbian scripts. Older singles.
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Types of Love (Robert Sternberg) Components. –Intimacy = Feelings that promote closeness & connectedness. –Passion = "State of intense longing for" –Commitment = Dedication to maintaining the relationship. Seven Kinds of love.
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Relationships C.Motherhood The phrase "working mother" is redundant. - Jane Sellman
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Motherhood The motherhood mystique. 1.Fulfillment as a woman depends on being a mom. 2.All jobs assigned to moms fit logically together. 3.A woman must like being a mom at all times. 4.A mom’s Intense, exclusive devotion to her kids is a good thing.
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Motherhood cont… Is pregnancy stigmatizing? –Helping behaviors. –Attitudes toward pregnant women. The “Pregnant Brain” –Henry & Rendell, 2007 –Kinsley, 2008
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