Intersexual Communication in American Culture [microform] / William S. Howell and Sarah Sanderson King
- Bib ID:
- 5389991
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Howell, William S
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980
- 14 p.
- Summary:
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Relationships between females and males are heavily influenced by the ways people perceive the possibility of sexual involvement. In the United States, a physical involvement across sexual boundaries is often conceptualized as a power relationship. Consequently, male-female sexual interaction may be perceived by the participants as a win-lose game. Participants in an intersex dyad tend to structure this relationship either as negotiation to establish a balance of power (an attitude labeled type A), or to view their communication as a joint venture for mutual benefit (type B). These motivations and attitudes predispose the emergence of win-lose or win-win games as the norms of their interactions. Men and women both fit the descriptions of types A and B and their behavior follows similar patterns. Type A women may be sex teases or may achieve marriage by making a deal with sexual power; type A males may behave like a version of the sex tease who keeps sex at a superficial gamesmanship level. Becoming a type B man or woman in the U. S. requires much critical thinking and effective self-persuasion, but most of all it requires a willingness to be open in a relationship. (MKM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (30th, Acapulco, Mexico, May 18-23, 1980).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- King, Sarah Sanderson, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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