7 different types of FwB and which was most frequently reported and some key gender differences?
1. just sex
2. network opportunism
3. successful
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4.failed transition in
5. unintentional transition in
6. transition out
men= just sex
woman= failed transition in
"strong gender differences exist in early relational sex"
1. Which type tends to have the highest levels of equality between partners?
2. The most discrepancy in understandings of the purpose of communication?
3. The highest levels of gendered role-playing?
4. The highest levels of relationship satisfaction?
5. Least likely to have an emotional leader or emotional nurturer?
6. The closest example of a "best friend" relationship?
(hetero, gay and lesbian)
1. lesbian
2. hetero
3. hetero
4. lesbian
5. gay
6. lesbian
What are some recurring patterns of interaction in female-female friendships
depth, attentive, emotionally supportive
What are some recurring patterns of interaction in male-male friendships?
activities, covert intimacy, different friends depending on interests
According to Wood, what are some rules that govern a "man date"?
sitting across the table, a walk in a botanical garden, attending an art gallery
What were important critiques articulated in class against the alternate paths model?
men have emotional depth, different expressions of intimacy, implication of bilingualism
what are the 4 challeges of cross-sex relationships
1. sexual challenge
2. emotional bond challenge
3. equality challenge
4. public presentation challenge
In the theory of natural selection, why are families important units, or sites, for the study of communication?
2 drives, eat to survive and procreation
In general, how does the theory of natural selection explain romantic love, sexual infidelity, and divorce in heterosexual relationships?
martial subsystem and the parent-child subsystem
What is the "four year itch"?
couples get bored, irrupted or frustrated with each other after 4 years of marriage
Be familiar with the design and key findings of the study of 600 Philippine men in relation to fatherhood and testosterone that was featured in class.
men who had kids testosterone levels were lower because nature wants to help infants survive
Be familiar with the two-part study design in the Raffaelli and Ontai article.
study 1: 22 latina women, curtailment, enforcement, different treatment
study 2: 166 latina men and women, tomboys, letitia and toys, fathers ore likely...
In the Raffaelli and Ontai article, what important role did the same-sex parent play (e.g., the father for sons, and the mother for daughters)?
through talk
In their second study, what do Raffaelli and Ontai tell us about parents' attitudes toward "tomboys"?
looked at funny, doesn't make sense
Where did Raffaelli and Ontai discover the "greatest differential treatment" in Latinx parents' interactions with male and female children?
curfew, interacting w person of opposite sex
In our lead-up to discussion of the Huang and Brouwer essay, what were some examples of queer-family vocabularies and structures?
vocab: family, my girls, friend of ellen, sister
structure: parter (not legal) and spouse (legal), marriage, fictive kin (chosen family), houses
What makes the Huang and Brouwer study a critical communication study? Why study both online personal ads and interview narratives?
they communicated with real people who experienced what they were trying to gather information on, answers may vary online vs in person
What is filial piety? How does it impact Chinese family structures?
to honor the family and parents, its a huge deal in chinese culture
How does good performance of heterosexual "realness" create space for queerness?
it allows them to live their true lives because they're putting yup a front to please their family leaving them to think they're children are doing what they want them to
What intersections shape the everyday life of Chinese queer subjects?
they pretend to be married to the opposite sex, visit each others families, don't always live together, both have other partners of same sex
What are important theses on "organizational culture"?
1. constituted by formal and informal structures and practices
1. reflect, create and sustain gender norms
How is it possible to think of reproduction as performance or performative?
giving family/parents what they want
ways in which they treat sexes differently or are disparately available to sexes (e.g., maternity and paternity leave in the U.S. and internationally).
maternity differs in each country but maternity leave is better than paternity leave
Why do women encounter fewer opportunities for mentor relationships in the workplace?
might get pregnant and leave, preference for homosociality, public presentation and woman's seriousness
What do Tracy and Rivera report as the key factors that determine whether or not an employee uses flextime at work?
if senior management endorses it they feel like they won't be punished
Be familiar with Harvey's claims about why sports teams are interesting to study, particularly as organizational contexts where masculinity is performed.
common to hegemonic masculinity, covert intimacy [Show Less]