Friendship and Gender
Perspectives of Professional Men and Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2929397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda A Sapadin (City University of New York Graduate Center), Linda Sapadin (The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 387-403 |
| Publication date | 1988-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265407588054001 |
| OpenAlex | W2157184656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 82 |
| References cited | 18 |
Same- and cross-sex friendships of 156 professional men and women were investigated using a self-report questionnaire consisting of rating scales and open-ended questions. Results indicated that while both sexes viewed the characteristics of an ideal friendship in similar ways, their actual experiences of friendships differed. Women's same-sex friendships were rated higher for overall quality, intimacy, enjoyment and nurturance. Men, on the other hand, rated their cross-sex friendships higher in these areas, with the exception of intimacy which was rated the same by men in both same- and cross-sex friendships. Cross-sex friendships provided both sexes with new understandings and perspectives of the opposite sex. Both sexes generally kept their friendships and sexual relationships separate though sexual feelings and tensions still existed in many cross-sex friendships. These results are similar to findings from studies with college students, indicating that women's participation in professional roles has not resulted in dramatic changes in friendship patterns. Gender differences in same- and cross-sex friendships remain strong, despite new career roles for women
Developmental psychology · Feeling · Friendship · Human sexuality · Ideal (ethics · Same sex · Sexual relationship · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Communication and Cross-Sex Friendships Across the Life Cycle
A Cultural Perspective on Romantic Love
Workplace friendships of men and women
Models of the self
Gender of Friend
Jealousy
People Favor In-group Over Out-group Close Friends More Strongly in Automatic than in Nonautomatic Evaluation
Women do not shy away from competition
Toward Adult Cross-Sex Friendship
Personal Networks
A prototype matching model of satisfaction in same‐sex friendships
“We never talk about that”
Attachment styles and other predictors of relationship satisfaction in dating couples
Can men and women be just friends
Conceptions and the experience of friendship in underrepresented groups
Behavior expectations in cross‐sex friendships, same‐sex friendships, and romantic relationships
“Girls don't talk about garages!”
SocialWork Practice Innovations
'I Like you… as a Friend'
Insiders' Perspectives on Reasons for Attraction to a Close Other
Dialectics of homophily in the formation of friendship groups in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Gender and the Barnum Effect
The Child/Time Factor in Friendships of Men and Women in Similar Occupations
Gender and the Barnum Effect
Sex, Competitiveness, and Intimacy in Same-Sex Friendship in Hong Kong Adolescents
Sexual Communication in Interpersonal Contexts
Women doctors, on working with each other
Men's Conformity to Traditional Masculinity and Relationship Satisfaction
Identifying ‘friends with benefits’ Scripts Among Young Adults in the Norwegian Cultural Context
We're Just Friends
Friendship Qualities and Social-Emotional Functioning of Adolescents With Close, Cross-Sex Friendships
Supervisory styles index
Are There Gendered Pathways to Intimacy in Early Adolescents’ and Emerging Adults’ Friendships
Power and the Quality of Same-Sex Friendships
Are White Men Missing Out
Are Women Tending and Befriending in the Workplace? Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Workplace Friendships and Organizational Outcomes
Interpersonal Competition in Friendships
Cross-sex Friendships
The Effect of Gender Role Orientation on Same- and Cross-Sex Friendship Formation
Cross-sex friendship
Friendship and Gender in Russia and the United States
A balance theory explanation of challenges confronting cross-sex friendships
Challenges confronting cross-sex friendships
Being liked is more than having a good personality
A Story of Adolescence
Using Social Work Theory for the Facilitation of Friendships
Solidarity and Hierarchy in Cross‐Sex Friendships
Intimacy Expectations in Same-Sex Friendships
Queering cross-sex friendships
Negotiating a Friends with Benefits Relationship
Friendship After a Friends with Benefits Relationship
Asian American Preferences for Counselor Characteristics
Different Strokes from Different Folks
Buddies, Comrades, Couples, and Exes
Sex and Relationship Variables as Predictors of Sexual Attraction in Cross-Sex Platonic Friendships between Young Heterosexual Adults
Sources of Conflict Between Friends in Russia and the United States
Attractiveness and Rivalry in Women's Friendships with Women
Birds of a feather? Not when it comes to sexual permissiveness
Developmental changes in best friendship quality during emerging adulthood
Exchange of Respect-Denying Behaviors among Male-Female Friendships
Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship
The attraction-similarity hypothesis among cross-sex friends
Liking Some Things (in Some People) more than Others
Friendship and Gender
The Use and Interpretation of Tie Signs in a Public Setting
Levels of Perspectives and the Perception of Intimacy in Cross-Sex Friendships
Context and Sex Effects on Personal Work Networks
You've got a friend
Meanings of Intimacy in Cross- and Same-Sex Friendships
Friendship standards
Cross-Sex Friends Who were Once Romantic Partners
On Being `Just Friends
Former Spouses Who are Friends
Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity, and the Use of Maintenance Strategies in Opposite-Sex Friendships
The challenge of sexual attraction within heterosexuals' cross-sex friendship
Sex differences in friendship expectations
Relationship satisfaction as a predictor of similarity ratings
Romantic intent, relationship uncertainty, and relationship maintenance in young adults' cross-sex friendships
Predictors of Intimacy for Women in Heterosexual and Homosexual Couples
Wives Are the Route to Social Life
Satisfying Friendship Maintenance Expectations
Friends, family, and family friends
A sociology of friendship and kinship
Intimate relationships
Social Behavior at Thirty-Three Months in Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Dyads
Friendships of Women and of Men
Sex Roles and Intimacy in Same Sex and Other Sex Relationships
Blabbermouths and Clams
Men's friendships, women's friendships and the alleged inferiority of the latter
Same- and cross-sex friendships and the psychology of homosociality
Sex differences in same-sex friendship
Life-Cycle Variations in Patterns of Close Relationships
Sex differences in the intimacy of social interaction
Friendship and Gender
Friendship
Prototypes of Intimacy and Distance in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Relationships
Sources of Satisfaction and Conflict in Long-Term Relationships
Cross-Sex Friendship
Sex Differences in the Games Children Play
| Unique citing works | 82 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,16 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 78 |