Heterosexism and the Study of Women's Romantic and Friend Relationships

Rose, Suzanna

doi:10.1111/0022-4537.00168

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“…This includes equality in the division of roles and responsibilities and in terms of relationship maintenance efforts (for a review see Peplau and Fingerhut 2007), and is likely due to same-sex couples' reliance on friendship as the basis for the relationship (e.g., Peplau 1979;Rose 2000;Schwartz 1994). Romance that is based in deep friendship is cooperative, compassionate, synchronous, and close (e.g., Gottman 1998;Rose 2000;Schwartz 1994) and serves the goals of intimacy, deep friendship, and mutual respect (Schwartz 1994).…”

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Has Dating Become More Egalitarian? A 35 Year Review Using Sex Roles

2011

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In this selective review, we examined research on heterosexual dating published in Sex Roles since its inception to determine if dating practices have become more egalitarian over the past 35 years. An analysis of current best-selling dating advice books suggests that gender roles continue to be institutionalized in cultural scripts. A sexual scripts framework was used to categorize research findings to determine if the empirical evidence confirmed the durability of gender roles over time or revealed that dating has become less gendertyped. Research in Sex Roles suggests that heterosexual dating among young adults in the U. S. remains highly gender-typed in terms of cultural scripts (e.g., beliefs, ideals, and expectations), as well as interpersonal scripts (e.g., actual interpersonal emotions, interpersonal behaviors, or behaviors aimed at achieving or signaling a partner). Some variability was observed in interpersonal scripts in terms of occasional initiation of dates by women, for instance, but was not sufficiently widely used to challenge the dominant script. Functional reasons for the persistence of gender stereotypes in dating are presented. In addition, a friendship script is proposed as an alternative, egalitarian model of dating that might fulfill the same functions.

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Has Dating Become More Egalitarian? A 35 Year Review Using Sex Roles

2011

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“…Another nine questionnaires were dropped because the participants were homosexual. Desires and opportunities for cross-sex friendship may be affected by sexual orientation (Rose, 2000), and homosexual participants may hold different meanings of gender as compared to their heterosexual counterparts (Feiring, 1999). Of the remaining 413 participants, 22.5% (n = 93) reported having no cross-sex friends.…”

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Correlates of cross-sex friendship satisfaction in Hong Kong adolescents

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McBride‐Chang

2007

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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During adolescence, the number of cross-sex friends increases dramatically. This study focused on correlates of adolescents' cross-sex friendship satisfaction. Three hundred and twenty Hong Kong secondary four (10th grade) students were asked to rate their best cross-sex friends on the Friendship Satisfaction Scale (Tsuzuki & Matsui, 2000). Masculinity, school type, total number of cross-sex friends, and both generic and unique friendship motives significantly explained 48.9% of adolescents' satisfaction with their cross-sex friends. Thus, variables ranging from individual traits to opportunity structures can all be useful in understanding adolescents' cross-sex friendship development.

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“…Friendships enjoy a unique role in the lives of lesbians as they defy traditional heterosexist definitions of friendships (Rose, 2000). For example, Rose and Zand (2000) found that lesbians do not routinely report dating scripts similar to those of heterosexual individuals.…”

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Women’s Close Friendships across Sexual Orientation: A Comparative Analysis of Lesbian-Heterosexual and Bisexual-Heterosexual Women’s Friendships

Galupo

2007

Sex Roles

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Interviews were conducted in close friendship pairs with women who ranged in age from 18 to 52 years at the time of interview. Results suggest that women of different sexual orientation identities had different friendship profiles. Comparisons across friendship type suggest that bisexual-heterosexual friends consistently experienced a shift in friendship dynamic based on the sex of partner for the bisexual friend and were more likely than lesbianheterosexual friends to integrate their friendship into their social lives. Lesbian-heterosexual friendships were significantly more likely to include an explicit acknowledgment of non-heterosexual identity. Although cross-orientation friendships did not consistently include a feminist/political dimension, when friends also differed in racial identity a feminist/political dimension in the friendship became apparent. In cross-race friendships racial minority identities were explicitly acknowledged even when non-heterosexual identities were not.

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Heterosexism and the Study of Women's Romantic and Friend Relationships

Cited by 54 publications

References 30 publications

Has Dating Become More Egalitarian? A 35 Year Review Using Sex Roles

Has Dating Become More Egalitarian? A 35 Year Review Using Sex Roles

Correlates of cross-sex friendship satisfaction in Hong Kong adolescents

Women’s Close Friendships across Sexual Orientation: A Comparative Analysis of Lesbian-Heterosexual and Bisexual-Heterosexual Women’s Friendships

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