Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture , Eighth Edition

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION: OPENING THE CONVERSATION......Page 28
The Social Construction of Inequality......Page 29
Feminism—Feminisms......Page 30
Features of Gendered Lives......Page 32
Becoming Aware......Page 34
Changes in This Edition......Page 36
The Challenge of Studying Communication, Gender, and Culture......Page 40
CHAPTER 1 THE STUDY OF COMMUNICATION, GENDER, AND CULTURE......Page 42
Communication, Gender, and Culture as an Area of Study......Page 43
Gender in a Transitional Era......Page 44
Differences between Women and Men......Page 46
Relationships among Gender, Culture, and Communication......Page 47
CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO GENDER DEVELOPMENT......Page 65
Theoretical Approaches to Gender......Page 66
Biological Theories of Gender......Page 67
Interpersonal Theories of Gender......Page 72
Cultural Theories of Gender......Page 78
Critical Theories of Gender......Page 82
CHAPTER 3 THE RHETORICAL SHAPING OF GENDER: WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 92
The First Wave of Women's Movements in the United States......Page 93
The Second Wave of Women's Movements in the United States......Page 97
The Third Wave of Women's Movements in the United States......Page 112
Antifeminism: The Backlash......Page 116
CHAPTER 4 THE RHETORICAL SHAPING OF GENDER: MEN'S MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 121
Profeminist Men's Movements......Page 122
Masculinist Men's Movements......Page 130
CHAPTER 5 GENDERED VERBAL COMMUNICATION......Page 144
Verbal Communication Expresses Cultural Views of Gender......Page 145
Gendered Styles of Verbal Communication......Page 152
CHAPTER 6 GENDERED NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION......Page 166
Functions of Nonverbal Communication......Page 167
Forms of Nonverbal Communication......Page 170
CHAPTER 7 BECOMING GENDERED: THE EARLY YEARS......Page 187
Entering a Gendered Society......Page 188
Gendering Communication in the Family......Page 189
The Personal Side of the Gender Drama......Page 200
CHAPTER 8 GENDERED EDUCATION: COMMUNICATION IN SCHOOLS......Page 215
Gendered Expectations and Pressures Facing Students......Page 216
Gendered Expectations and Pressures Facing Faculty......Page 228
CHAPTER 9 GENDERED CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS......Page 236
The Meaning of Personal Relationships......Page 237
Gendered Styles of Friendship......Page 240
Gendered Romantic Relationships......Page 245
CHAPTER 10 GENDERED ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION......Page 258
Gendered Stereotypes in the Workplace......Page 259
Masculine Norms in Professional Life......Page 264
Gendered Patterns in Organizations......Page 267
Efforts to Redress Gendered Inequity in Institutions......Page 273
CHAPTER 11 GENDERED MEDIA......Page 283
Media Saturation of Cultural Life......Page 284
Gendered Themes in Media......Page 285
Gendered Messages in Advertising......Page 297
Bias in News Coverage......Page 300
Implications of Media Representations of Gender......Page 302
CHAPTER 12 GENDERED POWER AND VIOLENCE......Page 311
The Many Faces of Gendered Violence......Page 312
The Social Foundations of Gendered Violence......Page 328
Resisting Gendered Violence: Where Do We Go From Here?......Page 332
EPILOGUE: LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING FORWARD......Page 339
Creating the Future......Page 340
Responding to Differences......Page 341
Taking a Voice......Page 343
GLOSSARY......Page 345
REFERENCES......Page 353
INDEX......Page 402