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Relationships

Relationships. A. Friendships. 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.

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Relationships

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  1. Relationships A. Friendships

  2. 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.

  3. Female-Female Friends (cont.) • African American friendships. • Less relational aggression? • Lesbian friendships. • “Family of Choice”

  4. 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.

  5. Relationships B. Romantic Relationships

  6. Attraction • Reciprocal liking. • Similarity. • Physical attractiveness. • Familiarity.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Relationships Motherhood The phrase "working mother" is redundant.  - Jane Sellman

  10. Motherhood • The motherhood mystique. • Fulfillment as a woman depends on being a mom. • All jobs assigned to moms fit logically together. • A woman must like being a mom at all times. • A mom’s Intense, exclusive devotion to her kids is a good thing.

  11. Motherhood cont… • Is pregnancy stigmatizing? • Helping behaviors. • Attitudes toward pregnant women.  • The “Pregnant  Brain”  • Henry & Rendell, 2007 • Kinsley, 2008

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