Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication; Critical Essays and Empirical investigations of Sex and Gender in interaction

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Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue: Recurring Issues in Sex Differences and Similarities in Communicationp. 1
What's the Difference? A Dialogue About Differences and Similarities Between Women and Menp. 19
Toward an Expanded Orientation to the Study of Sex Differences in Friendshipp. 41
Gender Differences in Interaction: A Reexaminationp. 65
Researching Sex Differences Within Sex Similarities: The Evolutionary Consequences of Reproductive Differencesp. 83
Social Support and the Emotional Lives of Men and Women: An Assessment of the Different Cultures Perspectivep. 101
The Gender-Linked Language Effect: Do Language Differences Really Make a Difference?p. 127
How Big Are Nonverbal Sex Differences? The Case of Smiling and Sensitivity to Nonverbal Cuesp. 155
Gender as a Culturally Determined Construct: Communication Styles in Japan and the United Statesp. 179
Gender Differences in Intimacy and Related Behaviors: Context and Processp. 203
An Evolutionary View on Understanding Sex Effects in Communicating Attractionp. 233
Gender Differences in Being Influential and/or Influenced: A Challenge to Prior Explanationsp. 257
Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Sex Differences and Similarities in Conflict Behaviorp. 287
A Comparison of Topics and Objectives in a Cross Section of Young Men's and Women's Everyday Conversationsp. 303
Expressing Emotion: Sex Differences in Social Skills and Communicative Responses to Anger, Sadness, and Jealousyp. 321
Sex Differences in Presenting and Detecting Deceptive Messagesp. 351
Conversational Maintenance Behaviors of Husbands and Wives: An Observational Analysisp. 373
Perceptions of Men and Women Departing From Conversational Sex Role Stereotypes During Initial Interactionp. 393
First Date Initiation and Enactment: An Expectancy Violation Approachp. 413
Methodological Considerations When Examining a Gendered Worldp. 427
Author Indexp. 445
Subject Indexp. 461
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