Gender and Emotion (original) (raw)

When do people call someone emotional? Why is it generally accepted that women are emotional and men are not? What are the actual differences between men and women with regard to specific emotions? Under what circumstances are these differences most pronounced? How can we explain these alleged differences? In this book a distinguished international group of scholars seek to address these and other questions in an attempt to disentangle the complex and fascinating relationship between gender and emotion. Presenting a systematic overview of the most recent social psychological research in this field, the contributors combine empirical evidence and theoretical explanations to examine a wide range of emotions and emotional expressions and how they vary according to gender and context.

"the authors unravel sex difference findings, deconstruct common gender myths about emotionality, and look to the broader social, political, economic, and historical contexts for guidance, all of which make the text both theoretically rich and feminist in its perspective and potential applications...a solid, empirical and theoretical work. Emotion theorists and gender theorists alike will find much to think about in this edited volume. The new data presented and the careful, critical reviews of past work will become valued references for scholars in both fields." Psychology of WOmen Quarterly, 25 (2001)

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Select Preface

Select Contributors

Select 3 - Men's and women's lay theories of emotion

Select 4 - The relation between gender and emotion in different cultures

Select 5 - Gender differences in nonverbal communication of emotion

Select 6 - Gender and smiling: A meta-analysis

Select 7 - Sex differences in crying: Empirical findings and possible explanations

Select 8 - Masculine identity and restrictive emotionality

Select Part III - Distinct emotions

Select 9 - Women, men, and positive emotions: A social role interpretation

Select 10 - Gender and anger

Select 13 - Sex differences in anxiety and depression: Empirical evidence and methodological questions

Select Part IV - Epilogue

Select 14 - Gender and emotion: Notes from a grateful tourist

Select Indexes

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