Challenging the commonly held assumption that men and women hail from differentpsychological and social planets this illuminating work reexamines what theempiri... » 

Challenging the commonly held assumption that men and women hail from differentpsychological and social planets this illuminating work reexamines what theempirical research really shows about how the sexes communicate in closerelationships. The volume demonstrates that stereotypical beliefs about men andwomen fail to predict their actual interaction behavior and highlightsevidence of similaritiesas well as differencesbetween the two groups.Setting forth an integrative theory of gender differences the authors proposethat communication behavior is the means by which sex and gender roleexpectations are created and sustained. «