Cross‐sex friendship and the communicative management of sex‐role expectations

Parental Involvement in a Childcare Center: Assessing Predictors of School-Based Involvement

“…Most adults in the U.S. favor samegender friendships over othergender friendships (Rose, 1985) due in part to the cultural challenges of having authen tic friendships with the other gender (Rawlins, 1982); however, othergender friendships are fairly common among emerging adults, especially at universities (Monsour, 2002). According to Felmlee (1999), women's samegender friend ships are more intimate and playful than are their othergender friendships and men find their samegender friendships to be less demanding than their othergender friendships.…”

Front Row Friendships: Relational Dialectics and Identity Negotiations by Mature Students at University

“…Rawlins focused on the communicative achievement of friendship, which is to say that he recognized that friendship is achieved through communicative acts (rather than being ascribed). His numerous studies span adolescent friendships (Rawlins & Holl, 1987), young adult friendships (Rawlins, 1989), adult friendships (Rawlins, 1994), cross-sex friendships (Rawlins, 1982), and even teaching as a mode friendship (Rawlins, 2000). What is especially important about Rawlins' work, given the focus of this study, is his continual insistence that friendship is a site of meaning-making and identity construction.…”

Through the narrow pass: Experiencing same‐sex friendship in heterosexual(ist) settings

“…Part of this stress is believed to come from the inherent sexuality of the male/female relationship as well as from differences in perception and desire between the sexes (Abbey, 1982;O'Meara, 1989;Rawlins, 1982;Shotland & Craig, 1988). Abbey (1982) and Shotland and Craig (1988) indicate that men have more trouble than women differentiating between sexual and friendly behaviors.…”

“…The literature on cross-sex friendships suggests that they are plagued with problems (see, for example, Booth & Hess, 1974;Helgeson et al, 1987;Me Williams & Howard, 1993;O'Meara, 1994O'Meara, , 1989Rawlins, 1982Rawlins, , 1992Shotland & Craig, 1988). These problems include issues of romance versus friendship, sexuality, jealousy, emotional intensity, and how others perceive the relationship.…”