The Inexpressive Male: Tragedy or Sexual Politics?

A contextual analysis of selected communication strategies associated with dyadic and situation characteristics : a field study

“…Women en1ployed all strategy uses (16.7 per PO) when PO's recorded that they were in control of the conversation. This finding is consistent with the research that indicates male inexpressiveness as a base of power where men, as superiors, withhold expression as a way to maintain their position (Sattel, 1982;Fishman, 1982).…”

“…Also, based on research connecting gender and bases of power (Eakins and Eakins, 1978;Sattel, 1982;Fishman, 1982;Pearson, 1985;Donahue, 1985), it was expected that women would use more strategies during interactions with men and fewer with women and that men would use strategies with men, but not so with women. As seen in the results, this was not the case because use was spread evenly across the sex of the speaker and the hearer.…”

A test of self‐disclosure based on perceptions of a target's loneliness and gender orientation

“…Masculine instrumentality, a high concern for working out one's relative power position, serves as a regulator of self-disclosure, while feminine expressivity acts as a stimulator for the use of self-disclosure to develop or maintain intimate relationships. Masculine persons avoid self-disclosure (Rosenfeld, 1979) and are generally inexpressive while maintaining power and control (Sattel, 1974). Feminine females express high disclosure levels of expressive information and disclosing masculine males are more willing to share assertive information (Currant, Dickson, Anderson, & Faulkender, 1979).…”

The Varieties of Gender Theory in Sociology

“…Modeling same-sex parent, siblings, peers, media figures, etc., along with positive and negative feedback from adults and peers concerning their behavior, teach children gender-specific behavioral norms (Constantinople, 1979). Gender-specific forms of sport, play, and games are also important for teaching children gender-appropriate physical, cognitive, and interaction skills (Cahill, 1983;Lever, 1976), skills that traditionally orient females to domestic roles and close, interpersonal relationships, and males to employment roles and emotional inexpressiveness (Sattel, 1976). The relationship between gender and sport is explored in Chapter 26.…”