Men and Women in Interaction: Reconsidering the Differences - Hardcover

Aries, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195094697 ISBN 13: 9780195094695

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

For many years the dominant focus in gender relations has been the differences between men and women. Authors like Chodorow, Gilligan, and Tannen (author of the best-seller You Just Don't Understand) have portrayed males and females as possessing different traits, styles, and even different languages, viewing these gender differences as deep-seated and enduring. Aries sees the issue as more complex and dependent on several variables, among them age, race, class, and the nature of a given relationship. This is a critical review and re-evaluation of the empirical literature on men and women in conversation. It discusses why we highlight the differences between the sexes, the ways in which differences are exaggerated, and how this may be perpetuating the very stereotypes we wish to abandon. For psychologists and gender issue researchers, this book will illuminate recent studies in gender relations. For general readers it will offer a stimulating counterpoint to the views advanced in Tannen's well-known work.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Aries received her B.A. at the University of Michigan and her M.A. and Ph. D. at Harvard. She spent two years as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University, and has been Professor of Psychology at Amherst College since 1975. She has also written numerous papers on gender and communication.

Review

"A thoughtful review that encompasses more than 20 years of published research. . .Re-examines empirical research and highlights the ways in which stereotypical expectations create distortions of perception. . . .Scholarly and lucid."--READINGS

"Reasoned and empirical. . .I hope that [this book] becomes known among people who teach courses in gender and for those sexologists concerned about communication between the sexes."--Kathryn N. Black, Purdue University

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195094697
• ISBN 13: 9780195094695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304